The Fair Work Commission has rejected a labour hire company's application to approve a deal without pay rates or restrictions on hours for its small, self-represented workforce, after granting the CFMEU permission to be heard as a "contradictor".
The former Labor Government's changes to the modern award objective have made it impossible for 24/7 industries such as hospitality to successfully prosecute cases to abolish penalty rates and should be scrapped, according to the peak body for restaurant employers.
A CFMEU construction and general division Queensland branch elected organiser who the Heydon Royal Commission recommended face charges for his part in an alleged unlawful secondary boycott is now awaiting the Fair Work Commission's ruling on his unfair dismissal claim.
Unions are seeking authorisation for industrial action at the massive Gorgon gas project, after workers employed by its largest contractor resoundingly voted down an agreement that would have provided an extra day off in each 35-day roster cycle.
An employer has won the right to urine test its employees for drug use, with the Fair Work Commission saying it chose "saving lives" over privacy in reaching its decision.
The Fair Work Commission has issued a new entry permit to CFMEU construction and general division NSW branch official Sammy Manna, despite concerns about his past conduct.
A manager who tried to "camouflage" unauthorised use of his corporate credit card to buy two cartons of beer for a private work Christmas party has failed to overturn his dismissal.
Former HSU national secretary Craig Thomson failed to provide a categorical medical opinion on the consequences of the Fair Work Commission continuing to pursue its case against him, the Federal Court says in its reasons for refusing to throw the matter out.
The Federal Court has fined 22 building workers $1,000 each for walking off the job over water pressure problems in the toilets and washrooms on their site, in a case brought by the federal building watchdog.
The High Court's seven-member full court has unanimously ruled that thousands of Queensland Rail workers are covered by the Fair Work Act, finding invalid the former Newman Government laws that de-corporatised their employer to bring them into the state IR system.
