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Minister launches investigation into Lawler complaints

The Turnbull Government will appoint an independent investigator to inquire into complaints about the conduct of FWC Vice President Michael Lawler, Workplace Relations Minister Michaelia Cash announced this morning.

Trucking companies arc up over draft RSRT order

Key players in the trucking industry are warning that proposed minimum pay rates for owner-drivers will price many sole operators out of the market.

Court reinstates compensation to victim of gratuitous breast photos

Queensland's Industrial Court has ruled that a State Library employee is entitled to workers' compensation, finding that photos of her bust and chest, taken by a supervisor during work hours without consent, caused her psychological distress.

Union secures right-of-entry injunction against employer

The engineering and procurement contractor for one of Australia's largest infrastructure projects will be prohibited from refusing entry to union officials seeking access to its worksites after CEPU won a Federal Court injunction.

FWC bench finalises time-off-in-lieu arrangements

The Fair Work Commission has finalised a model term for time-off-in-lieu of payment for overtime, as part of the four-yearly modern award review process.

Workplace Express undergoing an upgrade today

Workplace Express users might be unable to access the website for up to half an hour from about 1pm today.

Court fines university over confidential plan to transfer teachers

The Federal Court has penalised a university for threatening engaging in adverse action against senior teaching staff and educators when it prepared secret plans to transfer them to a new employing entity.

Aurizon restructure to deliver $300m in cost reductions

Major rail freight operator Aurizon plans to cut about 800 jobs over three years as it seeks to deliver up to $300 million in gains under new enterprise agreements, which exclude what the company says are "legacy conditions".

Jackson seeks to overturn ruling to repay $1.4m; and more

Jackson seeks to overturn ruling to repay $1.4m; Howes' lawyers says he won't front Royal Commission; and Forsyth to deliver Phillipa Weeks lecture.

Court rules that adhering to retrenchment clause an "obligation"

A full Federal Court majority has today found that a passively-worded redundancy clause in a university's enterprise agreement imposes firm obligations on it to exhaust other options before proceeding with compulsory redundancies.

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