The FWC has again rejected stevedore DP World's Melbourne and Brisbane agreements, this time because it printed its bargaining rights notices on company letterhead.
An FWC presidential member has expressed "wonder" at having to reject an agreement for a major labour hire company that turned the simple process of providing employees with a bargaining representation notice into a "debacle".
A tribunal has awarded more than $13,000 in damages to a customer service officer an employer discriminated against when it failed to make reasonable adjustments and then sacked her because of her inability to return to pre-injury duties.
In the latest stage of the AMWU's long battle to organise workers at high-tech manufacturer ResMed, an FWC full bench has consented to the union changing its rules to extend coverage to non-management employees at the company's Sydney headquarters.
A senior lawyer at a boutique employment law firm engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct while representing a community sector worker seeking an increased redundancy payment, a tribunal has found.
The FWC has ruled that a company's enterprise agreement obliges it provide "meaningful work" to redeployees and operates as an exception to the general rule that there is no common law right to be provided with work.
The Fair Work Building Construction (FWBC) will "continue to vigorously defend" a case brought against it by a solicitor allegedly demoted by its director, Nigel Hadgkiss, after an internal review found she had breached the APS Code of Conduct.
PPL changes to leave working women worse off, new research shows; ResMed again fails to overturn majority support ruling; Secret recording of disciplinary meeting by employee earns commissioner’s ire; No second chance for employee who failed drug test; Employer with dedicated HR personnel should have done better; Bid for stand down pay lost as appellants were no longer employed.
