A court has struck out a worker's allegation that he was falsely imprisoned by HR employees, but he will be able to pursue the remainder of his adverse action claim.
The Heydon Royal Commission is sticking to its defence that its late-night document release on Friday was aimed at meeting the legal deadline for releasing written submissions.
The Health Services Union is seeking more than $400,000 in compensation from its former national secretary, Craig Thomson, over his spending of union funds for his personal interests, the Federal Court heard today.
The FWC has refused to issue an entry permit to a CFMEU official who disrupted major Queensland construction projects this year when he visited them without authorisation.
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.
