A FWC full bench has ruled that in assessing whether reinstatement is appropriate in an unfair dismissal case, the tribunal should not take into account any ill-will arising from continuing legal proceedings between an employee and an employer.
Insufficient clarity about whether a salesperson, jailed after being convicted of defrauding his employer, was being paid a salary or only commission on sales, has partly contributed to him winning a retrial over his falsification of invoices to fraudulently obtain $18,000.
The ACTU will seek meetings with the NSW Government after "unsatisfactory" discussions with James Hardie over an expected shortfall in the scheme that compensates asbestosis victims.
The CEPU's delay in raising a jurisdictional objection has thwarted its bid to recoup legal costs from an employee who pursued an unfair dismissal claim despite earning more than the salary cap.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has revoked entry permits issued to two CFMEU officials after ruling that the general manager's delegate failed to properly apply the "fit and proper person" test under the Fair Work Act.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has overturned the denial of NES redundancy pay to 49 security industry workers, finding that their former employer had not "obtained" new employment for them after losing a major contract.
A solicitor found guilty of s-xual harassment and professional misconduct has had his ban on practising reduced after an appeal court found the penalty "manifestly excessive".
Workers at GM Holden will vote on Friday on a new enterprise agreement that provides substantial redundancy arrangements ahead of the closure of the company's Australian manufacturing operations by the end of 2017.
The challengers' ticket in the HSU Victorian No 1 branch election has been given seven days to find new candidates for the two leadership positions after the Federal Court today ruled that Jamie Martorana could not run against Diana Asmar for the secretary position and Jayne Govan was ineligible to nominate for assistant secretary.
A FWC full bench will decide whether the tribunal's new bullying jurisdiction extends to Facebook comments and other activities outside the physical confines of a workplace, in the first applications brought against a union under the regime.
