The NUW has demonstrated majority support for it to bargain for an enterprise agreement to cover warehouse employees at one of Cotton On's two Australian distribution centres – despite the company arguing that a single agreement should cover the workers at both sites.
The HSU has told the Federal Court that bank records it has obtained while pursuing its $700,000 civil claims against national secretary Kathy Jackson reveal that she has incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars of additional unauthorised spending, but the union might allow "other authorities" to pursue the sums on its behalf.
In a rare ruling on whether non-monetary benefits can lift a worker beyond the unfair dismissal high income threshold, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled against an earlier finding that non-work-related use of employer-provided internet meant an employee was $500 above the limit.
A hotel chef breached his contractual duty of fidelity and fiduciary duties by sourcing chicken schnitzels through his wife's business and selling them to his employer for $1 more than their original purchase price, a court has found.
The Federal Circuit Court has imposed a penalty of more than $47,000 on an employer and its director for failing to comply with an FWC order to pay $2,200 compensation, plus interest, to an unfairly dismissed employee.
They reached their last bargaining deal only after a bloody industrial battle that culminated in a fleet grounding, but this time round Qantas and the ALAEA have struck an in-principle agreement without disputation that delivers each side some significant wins - including the reversal of redundancies and a partial pay-freeze.
The MUA is using its industrial muscle to extract up to $1 million from employers for training funds that the Heydon Royal Commission acknowledges are legitimate, the inquiry heard today.
New enterprise agreements for Woolworths and Coca-Cola Amatil warehouses have cut the pay of new hires, after negotiations that renewed tensions between the SDA and NUW.
The local subsidiary of multinational Halliburton rendered unfair its dismissal of a warehouse employee for allegedly using a hand-held mobile phone while driving dangerously when it failed to give him an adequate chance to respond, the Fair Work Commission has ruled today.
