Relying on improved economic and labour market conditions, the UK's Low Pay Commission has recommended that the Cameron Government increase Britain's minimum wage by 3%, well in excess of the forecast inflation rate.
The FWBC is again seeking to convince the Fair Work Commission that the poor conduct of a CFMEU branch provides sufficient grounds for refusing its leader an entry permit, despite the union arguing that a full bench rejected such an approach last year.
The Abbott Government has ruled out cutting penalty rates even if it is recommended by the Productivity Commission, leaving employers to argue the case for change against unions.
A FWC full bench should not have overturned the approval of a state-wide construction industry agreement voted up by only three employees, the full Federal Court has ruled today.
A senior employee who argued his company launched an investigation into anonymous allegations and eventually sacked him because he exercised his workplace right to make complaints to a whistleblower organisation and the police has lost his adverse action case.
The Federal Court has criticised the Federal Circuit Court for ignoring a protocol between the two judicial bodies in its decision to transfer a sham contracting matter to it, but will hear the case to avoid a "tennis match".
A company had a valid reason for sacking its sales manager, including the post-employment discovery of pornographic images on his mobile phone, but "substantial" procedural deficiencies made the dismissal unfair, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Further federal public sector industrial action is looming, with the CPSU preparing to apply for a protected action ballot at the 20,000-employee strong Australian Taxation Office.
Law firm Minter Ellison is being paid almost $8 million for its work on the Heydon Royal Commission, while counsel assisting Jeremy Stoljar QC is receiving about $3.4 million.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has cleared the way for a group of workers laid off when their employer lost a major contract to secure severance pay.
