The FWC has granted rare extensions of time for workers to lodge their unfair dismissal claims, after accepting that their legal representatives were responsible for delays.
Uncertainty remains as to whether electricity distributor Essential Energy can shift some managers and senior technical employees onto individual contracts, despite a FWC full bench overruling an earlier "scope" decision.
A full Federal Court has ruled inadmissible "agreed" penalties put forward by the Fair Work Ombudsman for unions' breaches of the BCII Act during a 2011 sham contracting campaign that targeted Brisbane building sites.
A leading silk has told a gathering of major employers that the federal government should adopt the Harper competition review's recommendation to outlaw agreement clauses that limit employers' use of contractors and labour hire employees.
In the latest chapter in the Boral and Grocon stoush with the CFMEU, the High Court will next Friday decide whether to grant the union special leave to challenge a ruling that the tort of intimidation is a part of Australian common law.
One of Australia's largest unions, United Voice, is again looking for a national secretary after the departure of David O'Byrne, who has only held the job for about a year.
Unions NSW agreed to loan the NSW ALP $1.5 million at a discounted interest rate of 7.8%, despite the party offering 8.5%, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
The Federal Court has criticised the CFMEU for its "deplorable" approach to complying with the law, ordering it to pay a penalty of more than $100,000 for a series of breaches on a wind farm construction site and to stop interfering in the project.
