An FWC decision to refuse an enterprise agreement because an employer incorrectly referred to the Fair Work Commission as "Fair Work Australia" has been quashed by a full bench.
With the penalty rates review set to kick off next week, Justice Iain Ross today released a statement containing objections from both unions and employer groups to certain lay and expert evidence in the hospitality sector.
Peak employer and employee groups have warned the Fair Work Commission to tread carefully in its proposal to insert a standardised time-off-in-lieu term into all modern awards.
A telephone intercept played to the Heydon Royal Commission today referred to a former CFMEU organiser in the ACT, Halafihi "Fihi" Kivalu as having "touched" an employer for payments.
Radiation therapy scientists transferred from Sydney's RPA Hospital to a new private not-for-profit cancer treatment centre have today reached an in-principle agreement after they rejected higher pay rises in favour of keeping public sector conditions for future employees.
Uber employment case raises questions for contractor marketplaces; Rio loses argument on GST credits for employee housing; Bluescope and unions to work on cost saving plan with FWC help.
A Full Federal Court has found an employer was entitled to relocate its employee's "base" of operations under the terms its enterprise agreement, with the result of reducing travel expenses and overtime.
Employers are likely to maintain their own paid parental leave schemes even if the Abbott Government's proposed Bill to prevent so-called parent "double-dipping" into government and employer-funded schemes becomes law, according to a key employer group.
Unions have given notice of a protected 24-hour strike at Chevron's Gorgon LNG project this Friday, followed by shorter stoppages over two days next week.
