In an important decision concerning injuries sustained by an employee while working, the Federal Court has rejected an employer's push to expand the application of the High Court's infamous "motel sex" decision.
The FWC has refused to issue a stop bullying order to a Fremantle retail employee despite claims she received death threats from a cleaner at the premises, and another stall owner started rumours and stared at her.
A group of Lend Lease Building employees will retain membership of a generous defined benefit superannuation scheme, at least until the expiry of their current workplace agreement.
The Federal Court has ordered the CFMEU not to reimburse two of its officials for fines of $47,500 it imposed today, and it also separately fined the union $225,000.
Complaints about the FSU's handing of an official's bullying complaint against deputy secretary Geoff Derrick are included in an extraordinary plea for assistance emailed this morning by national secretary Fiona Jordan to more than 28,000 members.
The CPSU is encouraging ATO employees to vote 'no' to a revised agreement offer, while federal public servants gear up for strikes next week in what the union says will be the sector's biggest wave of industrial action in 30 years.
Two employees have failed to win back more than 2,000 hours in sick leave credits they lost when their employment moved from a publicly owned corporation to a private entity after the NSWIRC found there was no transfer of employment.
