Department of Veterans' Affairs employees are set to vote on industrial action, as the federal public sector bargaining round remains deadlocked and the Prime Minister says it is "unlikely" any agency will pay more than the sub-inflation agreement for defence force personnel.
Advice from the Fair Work Ombudsman has prompted the Fair Work Commission to set up a full bench to iron out inconsistencies between modern award provisions and the national employment standards, as part of its 4-yearly review.
In what the UFU has hailed as a "huge victory", the Fair Work Commission has refused to terminate two enterprise agreements covering Melbourne's firefighters, finding it would have triggered an "appreciable and unmatched shift" in bargaining power to their employer.
A tribunal has awarded a hairdressing apprentice $5,000 in damages after finding her 25-year-old employer "changed her attitude" towards her on learning she was pregnant, but has stopped short of ruling her pregnancy was the sole reason the employment relationship ended.
A Federal Court full bench has upheld a finding that the main retail award applies to delivery drivers employed by the online arm of supermarket giant Coles.
A government employer failed to offer acceptable alternative employment to a childcare manager when it moved her to a lower paid and less senior position in another remote town in WA's north, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Short-haul pilots at Qantas have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed wage freeze, in a blow to management's policy of keeping a lid on pay growth at the national carrier.
A senior public servant who claimed his manager told him to "go back where you came from" and treated him like a "slave" while trying to force his dismissal has failed to win anti-bullying orders, with the Fair Work Commission finding his performance was managed in an "ordinary fashion".
The Federal Court has fined a company almost $200,000 for underpaying its aged care workers more than $2.5m over a five year period, finding that its unlawful employment practices might have given it an unfair competitive advantage.
The Federal Court has ordered a barrister to pay an employer's costs in a failed adverse action appeal, finding that they were incurred as a result of her "poor judgment".
