In an important ruling on the definition of industrial action, the Federal Court has held that the provision of sensitive information to the media by employees is not "protected" under the Fair Work Act and might leave them vulnerable to breach of contract and coercion claims.
The Fair Work Commission has granted legal representation to an employer subject to bullying allegations, rejecting objections from the employee seeking orders.
The NSW nurses' union will mount a High Court challenge to the state government's proposed election funding changes if they get through the Upper House this week, maintaining they deliberately curb third parties' political activity.
Federal Labor has introduced a motion into Parliament calling on the Coalition Government to allow the renegotiation of pay increases in enterprise agreements struck before it froze employers' compulsory superannuation contributions.
Sydney business identity Jim Byrnes has rejected assertions that he was using the Heydon Royal Commission as platform to "destroy" labour hire operator George Alex to avoid paying debt outstanding from a commercial dispute.
A ship caterer who has launched action against her direct employer Compass Group and host employer Woodside Energy over alleged s-xual harassment by a workmate has been given the go-ahead to also argue she was discriminated against because of her gender.
A five-day strike at Mermaid Marine's Dampier supply base has emerged as a test of how employers and employees adapt to the winding down of major offshore resources construction projects.
Five retrenched dock workers have failed in their bid to have the Fair Work Commission resolve a dispute under their enterprise agreement after the tribunal ruled it had no jurisdiction to hear the matter because they were no longer employees.
The first female secretary of the RTBU's Victorian branch, Luba Grigorovitch, is set to lead a ticket in next month's union elections, after the Federal Court rejected a rival faction's challenge to her candidacy.
Another High Court case on the Fair Work Act's protections for employees engaged in union activity might not be far away, according to a leading IR academic, after the CFMEU's appeal against the Federal Court's BHP Coal "scab-sign" ruling was this morning rejected by a 3-2 majority.
