The Federal Court has fined the CFMEU's mining and energy division $45,000 for taking adverse action against a former Pilbara organiser after the AWU complained that he was a "Trot" who was "bagging" the union.
Fortescue Metals Group has unveiled new rosters at its Pilbara operations as it seeks to cut operating costs in response to the collapse in iron ore prices.
The National Retail Association has called for modern awards to include a "small business schedule" that excludes employers with up to 50 workers from award regulation of hours of work and pay, while the Australian Retailers Association is calling for changes to the BOOT.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected Glencore Xstrata's challenge to orders requiring the company to provide the tribunal with documents relating to its staffing decisions last year at its Collinsville open cut coal mine.
The High Court will decide whether a worker who received entitlements from an abattoir as a result of Fair Work Ombudsman proceedings was barred from making separate injury claims.
A company that dismissed a rigger for working unsafely at height and then allegedly ignoring a supervisor’s instruction to work differently has been ordered to pay him $9000 compensation, after failing to prove he received sufficiently clear directions.
The FSU has failed in its application for modern enterprise awards to cover employees of Australia's four major banks, but has succeeded in gaining approval for a modern enterprise award for the Reserve Bank.
There are "promising" early results from a 12-month pilot program that is seeking to speed-up the appeals process in the FWC and reduce parties' costs, according to the tribunal's president, Justice Iain Ross.
