Festive season strikes likely at Loy Yang; and Coles agreement termination case to proceed; Roy Hill worker to pay $15,000 costs; FWC has no power to intervene in drug test dispute; and New secretary for Unions Tasmania.
The Federal Court has awarded a ship's officer $100 in nominal damages for her employer's breach of her employment contract, finding it could not have foreseen that its flawed investigation of allegations she was bullied by her captain would lead her to stop working in the maritime industry altogether.
The Turnbull Government has been lambasted by the ACTU and state premiers after rejecting the push at today's COAG meeting for all modern awards to include paid domestic violence leave, Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk decrying it as a "missed opportunity".
The MUA may be forced to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation and penalties after the FWO commenced legal action against the union for allegedly organising unlawful, week-long industrial action at Sydney and Brisbane ports last year.
An FWC full bench has confirmed the Commission must consider the most current material available when determining whether a majority of employees want to bargain for an enterprise agreement.
An FWC full bench has ordered a nurse intent on having her "day in court" to pay $5,000 in legal costs for pursuing an appeal with no reasonable prospects of success, despite threats she would take her own life if costs went against her.
The FWC is giving about 1300 employees at a Queensland residential aged care provider until Monday to let it know if they have a view on the QNU's bid to terminate their enterprise agreement, which is opposed by the AWU and United Voice.
NSW public school teachers at stopwork meetings around the state have today voted overwhelmingly to accept a 2.5% annual pay rise as part of a three-year deal that fails to "take account of the increased demands" on members, according to the NSW Teachers Federation.
The Federal Court has refused an industrial advocate's bid to quash alleged adverse findings against her in the Heerey report on the conduct of former FWC Vice President Michael Lawler.
