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Billions needed for "just transition" for power workers: Union

The CFMEU's national office is calling on the Climate Change Authority to ensure its policy recommendations to the Turnbull Government ensure a "just transition" for power industry workers who lose their jobs during the phase-out of carbon-intensive coal-fired electricity generation.

RSRT to hear stay bid next week

A Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal full bench will next Tuesday hear four separate applications seeking to delay the start-date of the contractor driver minimum payments order and challenging the likelihood of it improving road safety.

Court restrains engineer who set up rival operation

The Federal Court has restrained an engineer from using his employer's confidential information and intellectual property for his rival business.

Employee to pay indemnity costs for "hopeless" case

The FWC has ordered indemnity costs against an employee who recklessly rejected offers of up to six months wages to settle his "hopeless" unfair dismissal claim.

Unions call for "Buffett tax"

The ACTU's executive has endorsed a tax policy that calls for a so-called "Buffett rule" to ensure that high-income earners pay a minimum rate of tax.

Baird Government promises all public sector jobs to be "fully flexible"

NSW Premier Mike Baird says all state government jobs will be fully flexible by the year 2019, while his government is set to introduce legislation to crack down on illegal protests.

Ruling stymies CFMEU entry rights in three states and NT

The FWC has acceded to an FWBC bid to impose restrictions for 12 months on CFMEU officials exercising their entry rights across three states and the NT.

Beware of seven-day access "trap"

Employers face rejection of their enterprise deals if they rely on agreement-making information on the FWC's website, according to IR practitioners.

Commission stamps out postie's unfair dismissal claim; & more

Commission stamps out postie's unfair dismissal claim; Commission swoops on decision to sack decorated former army pilot; Compensation icing on cake for employee sacked over Facebook comments; Property manager unfairly sacked for speaking out about workload.

Death cover doesn't count towards high-income threshold

A sacked nickel mine employee has crept in under the high-income threshold for unfair dismissal protection after the FWC found it could not include in his remuneration the $6,000-a-year death cover premium paid by his employer.

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