The Fair Work Commission adjourned its inquiry into HSU Victorian No 1 branch entry permit applications this morning after branch general manager Kimberley Kitching indicated she would seek an urgent Federal Court order to compel the tribunal to rule on her argument that it has no jurisdiction to conduct the review.
An appeal court has upheld the CFMEU's criminal contempt convictions for defying orders to halt its 2012 Grocon "blockade" and has also found lawful an order for the union to supply officials' phone numbers to help investigators determine who directed associated bans on Boral's concrete supplies.
The Federal Court has made a $30,000 security of costs order against an ex-ATO employee who is pursuing a disability discrimination claim and has already left her former employer with a $220,000 legal bill from previous unsuccessful court actions.
Cbus Super has told the Heydon Royal Commission that it dismissed the employee who lied about providing confidential membership information to the CFMEU, while the inquiry has confirmed that a taskforce into links between unions and organised crime is in the "early stage of the planning process".
A company that sacked an employee on his return from long-service leave, telling him it was policy not to employ anyone who had reached retirement age, has been ordered to pay penalties and compensation totaling nearly $40,000.
The Australian Football League is arguing that its 120 media employees are not operationally and organisationally distinct from the rest of its workforce, as it tries to defeat a push by the MEAA for a majority support determination.
A retailer's HR specialists have "ample qualifications and experience" to defend an unfair dismissal case, while conflict over whether an employee was dismissed or resigned does not add sufficient complexity to justify having a lawyer put the company's position, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Young people and overseas workers together lodged more than a third of the 24,103 complaints the Fair Work Ombudsman received during 2013-2014, while the agency's significant online presence continued to grow, with11.7 million visits to its website during the year.
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie says FWC expert panel member Tim Harcourt is still playing politics despite being counselled by tribunal president Iain Ross that some of his public comments are inconsistent with the Commission's code of conduct.
