The Fair Work Commission has suspended protected industrial action by CPSU members at international airports for 90 days, after finding that plans to escalate strikes posed a "serious and compelling" risk.
The NTEU has called on the UniSuper industry superannuation fund's chief executive officer, to withdraw his public statement opposing Labor's planned $53M royal commission into the finance sector.
The Turnbull Government will take its response to the Productivity Commission inquiry into overhauling the IR system to the federal election on July 2.
Unreasonable to expect in-house representative to perform dual role; Company with one local employee not a small business; and Full bench remits unfair dismissal case for casual wrongly deemed permanent.
Hundreds of construction agreements struck by the CFMEU in Queensland and NSW might have to be re-negotiated if the Turnbull Government succeeds in winning re-election after a double dissolution.
Casuals and workers on "rolling contracts" would have the right to ask their employer to convert them to permanent employment after 12 months, under a new policy released by the Greens today.
Melbourne's Metro Trains must reinstate a station officer wrongfully accused of stealing from a bag placed in lost property, but the FWC has halved her backpay due to her failure to follow correct procedures.
A high-powered consultant with public broadcaster SBS has been temporarily stopped from taking up a role with the ABC and sharing confidential information with the rival network, after the NSW Supreme Court issued an interlocutory injunction.
An IT manager and internationally-renowned competitive shooter, sacked for serious misconduct after his friend brought a dangerous, high-powered weapon into the workplace and asked for his advice, will receive more than $8,000 in compensation after the FWC ruled his summary dismissal was unwarranted.
The Opposition has hinted that a Shorten Labor Government would axe the Coalition Government's public sector bargaining policy and the 2% wage cap, while 30,000 Victorian public sector employees are set to receive a backdated pay rise after voting up a new agreement.
