Unfair dismissal applications lodged via telephone are valid even if they don't provide the grounds for the claim and the remedy being sought, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has strongly criticised the CFMEU for arguing that a mining truck driver who tested positive for methylamphetamine when she arrived at work was unfairly dismissed because there was no evidence she was unfit for duty.
In the latest development in Boral's bid to recover millions in damages from the CFMEU over bans on supplying concrete to building sites, the union will seek special leave from the High Court to challenge the Victorian Court of Appeal's ruling that the tort of intimidation continues to be part of Australia's common law.
BHP Coal must reinstate two truck drivers it sacked for breaching the company's on-site mobile electronic devices policy, after the Fair Work Commission found decision-makers without HR expertise failed to ensure the dismissals were fair.
In a decision with wide ramifications for state governments negotiating with public sector unions, a full Federal Court has upheld a firefighters' union challenge to a ruling that clauses in an enterprise agreement infringed the states' implied constitutional protection identified by the High Court in Re AEU.
The Productivity Commission will release an issues paper this month for its IR review and will seek initial submissions by mid-March, ahead of its November reporting deadline.
Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon has recommended, in his interim report, released today, that the public prosecutor charge CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch secretary John Setka with blackmail,
The Fair Work Commission has taken into account possible pending criminal action against the management of a BHP Coal mine to stay a union application for a dispute hearing.
