A lawyer who is facing disciplinary proceedings for allegedly making dishonest statements to a prospective employer has failed to have her case struck out, despite receiving an "unfortunate" email from the Legal Services Commissioner suggesting her case had been discharged.
The head of the peak small business body has welcomed changes implemented by the Fair Work Commission's president, but is less keen on the tribunal's members, accusing them of failing to "take reality into account" on issues such as penalty rates and minimum hours for junior retail workers.
Concerns that employees could be left without award coverage if an FWC full bench refused a modern enterprise award bid should have given a "sharper edge" to its consideration of safety net obligations, a full Federal Court has ruled.
The future of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal remains unclear, despite Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss stating last month that it would continue.
Serco Sodexo Defence Services Pty Ltd is facing a $12 million redundancy bill after abandoning three appeals in which it was arguing that its efforts to find new work for hundreds of retrenched employees should reduce its redundancy payout.
The TWU has defended its handling of "questionable conduct" by two former secretaries of its WA branch over the purchase of two $150,000 "luxury utilities", which has been investigated by the Heydon Royal Commission.
The so-called practice of "double dipping" into government and employer-funded paid parental leave schemes will end from July 1 next year and employers will no longer act as "paymasters" administering the government-funded component to employees under a new Bill tabled in federal parliament.
The wife of Sydney identity George Alex received a text message in 2013 which told her to give "2500 to Darren", the Heydon Royal Commission has been told.
A health, safety and environment coordinator has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that exceptions such as sick leave and inclement weather meant the overtime component of his salary was not "guaranteed" so should not disqualify him from unfair dismissal protection.
A bus company took adverse action against a driver and TWU delegate when it made a last-minute decision to sub-contract a charter job he had been scheduled to perform, but has established that it did so because of a staff shortage that might have reduced its ability to meet its core service obligations under government contracts, the Federal Court has found.
