The Abbott Government's second budget looks to pick up more tax revenue from local FIFO employees and foreign workers visiting Australia, along with $845 million from changes to how work-related car expenses are calculated.
Fair Work Commission president Iain Ross has revealed that he plans to review the way the tribunal allocates work to members, including its system of industry-based and occupation-based panels, which has been largely unchanged for a decade.
The "critical facts" John Holland Group relied on to sack an OHS advisor for "misrepresenting" a safety incident have failed to stand up in the Fair Work Commission.
The FWC has ordered CFMEU construction and general division WA branch secretary Mick Buchan to amend his application for a new entry permit after finding he failed to declare four active court proceedings against him.
The Heydon Royal Commission has today questioned whether the TWU's WA branch management committee approved spending $150,000 each on two customised "luxury" pickup trucks that were provided to two of the union's leaders.
The federal government is planning to end what it claims is "double-dipping" when 20,000 working parents each year receive their full paid parental leave entitlements from both their employer and the public purse, but leading IR academics say the two payments are intended to be complementary.
The Fair Work Commission's inquiry into the HSU's recent troubles with entry permit applications, first aired in the Heydon Royal Commission, is nearing its conclusion.
An FWC full bench has rejected a "well-resourced" company's argument that the complexity of an unfair dismissal case required that it be represented by a lawyer.
