Former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson has today failed in her attempt to appeal a Federal Court decision for her to repay about $1.4 million to her old union.
A dramatic drop in membership helped push the AWU's Queensland branch to a $1.6 million loss in 2014-15, with its auditors expressing "material uncertainty" over its ability to continue as a going concern.
The ATO's sacking of a debt collection manager with almost 30-years' service has been upheld by the FWC after it found her failure to lodge personal tax returns over four consecutive years amounted to serious misconduct that warranted dismissal.
The Victorian Supreme Court has found that an employer was entitled to direct a sales manager to take leave with pay during his notice period, but then repudiated his employment contract when it refused him access to the car and iPhone it had provided.
An employer had a valid reason to sack a long-serving courier who had "no choice" but to defecate in a client's carpark while on the job, but his dismissal without notice was unfair, the Fair Work Commission has found.
AMWU engages Combet to conduct review; Pre-Xmas deadline for "remaining measures" bill submissions; February High Court hearing of MUA offshore visas challenge; Gardeners to be backpaid to November last year after long agreement gap; Audio available for AIER 10th anniversary forum; and Super Choice submissions due by January 20.
The TWU has accused Jetstar of threatening to follow the lead of parent company Qantas and shut down the airline if the union takes industrial action during negotiations for a new ground handling agreement.
The Federal Court has this morning ordered former HSU national secretary Craig Thomson to pay about $458,000 in compensation and fines for inappropriate spending during his reign.
The NUW's troubled NSW branch faces a complete $250,000 write-down on its investment in a failed media company, Manic Times Pty Ltd, while the union's national secretary has confirmed it proceeded with a fundraiser that came under fire in the Heydon Royal Commission.
