The Federal Circuit Court has ordered a foreign language newspaper publisher to pay more than $128,000 in compensation and interest to a full-time journalist who was forced to reduce his days to two days per week and then dismissed when he complained.
An FWC full bench has rejected a bid by two food manufacturers to avoid dealing with the NUW on the grounds that their products are not a "cereal food" or a "grocer's sundry" that are covered in the union's rules.
Victoria's education department will "closely consider" a Federal Court finding that it unlawfully deducted more than $20 million from the pay of 40,000 Victorian teachers and principals for laptops used mainly for work.
The CFMEU and its officials have been refused access to FWBC documents and records after the Federal Circuit Court confirmed the type of discovery they sought was available only in criminal proceedings.
Federal Court calling for IR lawyer feedback; Longest low wages growth since early '90s, says RBA; and SPC Ardmona workers win extra time to consider action.
The managing director of a labour hire company paid about $17,000 for the surveillance of the ex-partner of former NUW NSW branch secretary Derrick Belan, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
The FWC has given seven employers extra time to shift from a contentious payment tool for calculating the wages of workers with disabilities, while conciliation continues for unions, employers and disability groups trying to reach agreement on a new system.
A mining union delegate who took sick leave after being denied permission to take annual leave has failed to convince a Federal Court appeal bench that he suffered adverse action when he was dismissed.
Law firm Corrs is warning employers to be cautious about the information they disclose in internal planning documents after an educational institution was recently "held accountable" for a threat to commit adverse action.
