An employer's insistence that a union organiser conduct meetings with members at a remote construction site in a non-airconditioned shipping container that reached temperatures of 50 degrees celsius did not excuse his abusive response, the Federal Court has ruled.
A “last on, first off” rule for redundancies has been upheld by the FWC, despite conceding the "practical difficulties" it imposed for a multinational giant's restructuring plans.
In an important ruling, the Federal Court has found that an interim bargaining order that the MUA didn’t comply with was “spent” and didn’t stop it proceeding with protected industrial action.
The leadership of the CEPU's communications division is headed for major leadership change, with a ticket backed by NSW branch secretary Jim Metcher expected to take charge.
The HSU's long-running civil case seeking repayment of about $2.5 million from former national secretary Kathy Jackson will go to trial in the Federal Court next week.
A lawyer who is facing disciplinary proceedings for allegedly making dishonest statements to a prospective employer has failed to have her case struck out, despite receiving an "unfortunate" email from the Legal Services Commissioner suggesting her case had been discharged.
The head of the peak small business body has welcomed changes implemented by the Fair Work Commission's president, but is less keen on the tribunal's members, accusing them of failing to "take reality into account" on issues such as penalty rates and minimum hours for junior retail workers.
Concerns that employees could be left without award coverage if an FWC full bench refused a modern enterprise award bid should have given a "sharper edge" to its consideration of safety net obligations, a full Federal Court has ruled.
The future of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal remains unclear, despite Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss stating last month that it would continue.
