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.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has told the High Court that a federal appeal court formulated a "cumbersome" test to determine whether an employer misrepresented an employee's true legal status by engaging them through a third party.
The FWC is considering whether it needs to issue an anti-bullying order against an Adelaide restaurant, after it took "positive steps" to improve its culture and practices.
Former NSW Labor MP Paul Gibson received about $271,000 over two years to help the NUW's NSW branch and the State ALP "live in harmony", the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
The CFMEU is considering whether to appeal after it was refused permission to hold talks in a BHP Coal mine's dragline crib rooms because it was a "functional work area", rather than a meal or break area.
The Federal Court has rejected an FWBC bid to make a CFMEU official personally liable for fines, saying the construction watchdog had ignored the practicalities of enforcement, given that it had "no intention" of monitoring him for up to a decade to ensure he wasn't reimbursed.
