Port Hedland tug operator Teekay Shipping is facing a four-hour stoppage next week by AIMPE members who have rejected a landmark pay-for-leave buy-out accepted by the other two maritime unions, in a dispute iron-ore exporters are watching closely.
A dock worker has won her job back after Patrick Stevedores badly bungled an investigation into whether she had assaulted a colleague, with the Fair Work Commission finding that the wharfies' "code of silence" contributed to the company's difficulties.
In a case on what constitutes a "workplace right", the Federal Circuit Court has refused to throw out an adverse action application by an employee who was dismissed for challenging his employer's professional practices.
DP World is free to resume urine testing under its national drug and alcohol policy after a five-member Fair Work Commission full bench yesterday upheld its challenge to a deputy president's ruling that its enterprise agreements excluded the method.
The MUA has given notice of four consecutive 24-hour stoppages at the marine contractor Farstad from November 15, in the latest development in enterprise bargaining involving vessel operators servicing the offshore oil and gas sector.
The RBTU has warned Australia's biggest rail freight operator, Aurizon, that it will take protected industrial action against Queensland's coal export network to pressure the company into maintaining pay and conditions.
The Fair Work Commission failed to meet its target for finalising unfair claims in 2013-14 due to a big spike in applications early in the reporting period and a shortage of conciliators.
A court has awarded an employee $733,723 in damages after finding her boss systemically s-xually harassed, intimidated and bullied her, rejecting his claim she was lying and the conduct never occurred.
The trial of the HSU's civil action to recover at least $700,000 from former national secretary Kathy Jackson has been pushed back from December 1 until next year.
