The Turnbull Government is threatening a double dissolution election if the Senate refuses to pass the Bill it reintroduced today to re-establish the ABCC.
Extension for wrongly-addressed dismissal claim; "Old-fashioned" FWC member says redundancy shouldn't generate" windfall"; Employer-provided cars pushed executive over income threshold; and Small business operator held "reasonable belief" about theft.
The Turnbull Government will tomorrow re-introduce legislation to re-establish the ABCC, aiming to win enough support from the Senate crossbenchers for it be passed by early March.
FWC stays FWBC bid to inspect CFMEU records; Commission revokes offshore safety regulator's notice; FWO alleges $45,000 in underpayments in Coles and Woolies supply chain; ACCI's Carnell to be small business ombudsman; and Higher-paying award to cover Cleanevent workers.
The FWC has refused to reinstate a dismissed teacher, because her school lost trust and confidence in her after she posted disparaging comments on Facebook about an unresolved industrial dispute.
The Federal Opposition is proposing substantial increases in penalties for employers who deliberately underpay their workers, and will consider a new criminal offence for cases involving intentional or reckless behaviour.
A court is seeking pro bono legal representation for a massage parlour and its former employee, who claims she was sacked because she took leave after she was injured in the workplace.
A tribunal has backed a decision by YMCA NSW to not appoint a man in his fifties as a senior pool lifeguard after he referred, during his interview, to physically touching and wrestling troubled young men he was counselling.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled that representative error does not provide an "inviolable reason" for granting an extension of time for an unfair dismissal claim due to exceptional circumstances.
Doubts remain over $31 million in entitlements owed to 800 current and former Queenland Nickel employees unless the company's administrators can secure fresh investment in coming months.
