The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a casual conversion right in a company's enterprise agreement extends to labour hire employees and is a "permitted matter" under the Fair Work Act.
The Australian Shipowners Association has told the Productivity Commission that it is important to understand that the starting point for the bargaining changes it is seeking is the "disproportionate industrial power" wielded by the maritime unions.
CPSU delegates have today voted overwhelmingly to escalate industrial action in a bid to break the year-long bargaining deadlock in the APS, starting with a strike at the ATO strike on Budget day that the union says heralds the biggest wave of industrial action in the federal public sector in 30 years.
The FWC has given in-principle approval to the federal registration of a NSW health sector employer organisation, while NSW PSA industrial staff and Australian screen directors are now covered by their own federally-registered organisations.
The bids by unions for protected action ballots for workers on the massive Gorgon LNG project are on hold for three weeks, after the FWC intervened to bring parties back to the negotiating table.
A high-earning safety advisor who attempted to downplay his role as mainly involving "tick and flick" tasks has failed to convince a tribunal that he was covered by an award and eligible to pursue an unfair dismissal claim.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of a BHP Billiton underground mineworker sacked after repeatedly refusing to shave off his beard to ensure his respirator operated effectively.
An exemption to permit South Australia's courts to engage women-only in a "positive discrimination" program is being touted as an important step to address a substantial gender imbalance spotlighted a year ago by a Law Council study.
A tribunal has confirmed that workers who seek redeployment in a related entity must establish evidence of overall managerial control and integration between them.
Australia's largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, has been ordered to provide the full pro-rata rate of pay to a train driver who was to receive a reduced amount under a compassionate grounds/short-term medical disability clause when she returned part-time from maternity leave.
