An FWC full bench has warned that agreements that incorporate the Coalition's retrospective draft building code, which remains deadlocked in the Senate, might not comply with the requirements of the Fair Work Act.
The Fair Work Commission will investigate ways to make regulation less complex in workplaces with multiple award coverage, rather than through seeking to cut the number of modern awards, according to the tribunal's president.
A full Federal Court today upheld an FWC full bench ruling that an employer must make severance payments to about 50 employees because it didn't do enough to "obtain" jobs for them after it lost a major contract.
A senior solicitor who is the director of the AI Group's law firm, Ai Group Legal, has the right to represent employers without seeking leave, because he is also the employer organisation's in-house lawyer, a FWC full bench has ruled.
Sydney identity George Alex returns to the witness box at the Heydon Royal Commission today after denying earlier this week that he has ever paid kickbacks to CFMEU officials.
An official from the MUA's militant WA branch, Will Tracey, has been elected to a key national role with the union, after pledging to bring a tough approach in "difficult times".
A new FWC ruling indicates that union officials seeking entry permits might have to demonstrate that they have recently received training on their rights and obligations.
A HR manager could face penalties after a court found she was involved in her employer's contravention of the Fair Work Act when it provided notice to an employee that fell two days short of the statutory requirement.
