The FWC has upheld Toll Holdings' dismissal of two employees who restrained a "vulnerable" colleague and gave him the impression they were about to s-xually assault him.
Fashion retailer Just Group has failed to restrain its former chief financial officer from engaging lawyers once retained by competitor Cotton On, amid claims its rival is funding her defence to gain access to commercially sensitive material.
A court has ordered a 7-Eleven franchisee to pay a $150,000 penalty for deliberately underpaying employees and using a "reverse calculation" regime to cover its tracks.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull early this morning defended his decision to call a double dissolution election to "clean" up the construction industry, after the likely election result appeared to threaten the chances of the Government passing its bill to restore the ABCC at a joint sitting.
A Federal Court judge has penalised the CFMEU and six officials almost $180,000 for a three-day picket at a Docklands construction site and labelled its compliance record an "embarrassment" to the trade union movement.
Labor promises to protect interns, underpaid franchise workers; Tribunal member points to line manager's critical role in dispute resolution; and Labour hire inquiry fails to agree on licensing.
The FWC has suspended the entry permit of a CFMEU official who behaved in an "aggressive and threatening manner" when he told a project manager at a construction site he wanted to "smash" someone.
The Coalition says it will put five workplace relations bills before the Federal Parliament if it is returned to office, but has flagged that it will not announce a full IR policy ahead of Saturday's election.
The crisis within Victoria's Country Fire Authority has deepened, with its chief fire officer joining the exodus from its management ranks, saying the organisation's proposed agreement has "compromised" his role.
