The Federal Court has expressed frustration while dealing with a consolidated SDA and RAFFWU-backed class action against the KFC and more than 80 franchisees, after employers sought to further delay its ability to tackle key questions.
An employer has won a rare costs order against an experienced paid agent after the FWC agreed that he should "never" have run a pregnancy discrimination case given there was no evidence the on-hire worker was ever dismissed.
The FWC has approved an Australia Post deal that locks in a 12.5% boost to pay and allowances over three years, while extending a 15% delivery allowance to casual posties, but the tribunal has had to insist the employer publish a HR manual alongside it that sets out the new rates.
The WA IRC has made interim orders removing the recently reappointed leader of the ANMF's West Australian branch, Mark Olson, paving the way for the union council member who launched the challenge to take over his post.
The FWC has taken the unusual step of allowing an employer's HR manager on behalf of workers to sign off on an agreement not backed by the CFMEU's construction division, after accepting evidence that employees were "reluctant" to put their names to the deal.
FWC President Adam Hatcher is seeking feedback by October 25 on draft same-job, same-pay guidelines, including on whether the Commission should publish them.
The majority privately-owned operator of NSW's high-voltage electricity network and unions have until next Monday to agree on terms for a new agreement before handing matters over to a FWC full bench to resolve any outstanding issues via an intractable bargaining determination.
A NDIS provider has refuted allegations it took unlawful adverse action by sacking a worker because of her autism spectrum disorder, with a FWC consent arbitration finding her efforts to rescue a dog and dispose of a client's medication exceeded the scope of her duties.
ACTU secretary Sally McManus today revealed the personal toll of "standing up" against the criminal elements that have infiltrated the CFMEU, as she responded to ACCI's proposal to raise the small business threshold in the Fair Work Act from 15 employees to 25.
As the Albanese Government considers whether to restrict non-compete clauses, new research from the e61 Institute shows that workers in companies using them alongside non-disclosure agreements earn 4% less than those with employers that only rely on NDAs.
