In a move that the government has dismissed as a political stunt, the ACTU has told Employment Minister Eric Abetz he should suspend his IR legislative agenda for at least a year to enable the Heydon trade union inquiry and the Productivity Commission Fair Work Act review to run their course.
NSW power unions are pushing for a job security clause to cover thousands of workers at the state's two biggest "poles and wires" network businesses, which have been earmarked for privatisation if the Coalition is returned in March.
The Fair Work Commission has identified inconsistencies between modern award provisions and the NES in the course of its 4-year review and will publish draft amended award clauses for comment before the end of the month.
Two mineworkers sacked for breaching "lifesaving" rules at a mine owned and operated by BHP Coal have been reinstated after the Fair Work Commission found their dismissals disproportionate and inconsistent.
Almost half of federally registered enterprise agreements contain general commitments to improve productivity and a high proportion identify specific productivity measures, but their effectiveness is difficult to measure, according to a new FWC report.
A Federal Court full bench has reversed the reinstatement of a government solicitor who had been found to have suffered adverse action when dismissed while suffering depression.
BHP Coal must reimburse the lost wages of a worker it stood down for 21 days without pay, after the FWC found it unduly harsh to combine a financial punishment with a final warning, despite his involvement in a safety incident with the potential to cause "loss of life".
A shipping company breached an officer's contract of employment and failed to follow its discrimination policy when it conducted a flawed investigation into alleged bullying by her captain, a full Federal Court has ruled.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has given an undertaking to the TWU that it won't make any forced redundancies within the union's coverage after it establishes a new holding company for international operations.
In a ruling on the reach of the anti-bullying regime, a five-member FWC bench has held that "at work" means performing work or engaging in employer-authorised activities, rejecting a much broader definition sought by a group of DP World employees.
