A Federal Court full court has overturned a long service leave payment made under state law to an employee who was covered by a federal award when the Fair Work Act took effect.
The CPSU has described as "heavy handed and unnecessary" Treasury's unprecedented move to force all employees to apply for jobs in the deparment, which will be reduced by 40 as part of the process.
Major builder Lend Lease has lost its bid to have a full FWC bench hear its allegations of multiple right of entry breaches by the building unions, while the MBA is arguing for the national adoption of Queensland's restrictions on right of entry under WHS laws.
Maritime unions begin court challenge against Government; Green light to overseas Greek care workers; ResMed challenges majority support ruling; and Alcoa Smelter closes after 50 years.
The NSW Supreme Court has refused for now to issue jailed former HSU NSW leader Michael Williamson a certificate protecting him from self-incrimination in the union's proceedings against the branch's former assistant secretary, Peter Mylan.
Legal salaries continued their slow recovery from the 2012 crash, but a high percentage of lawyers considered leaving their job during the last financial year, according to a new report from recruitment firm Mahlab.
The NSW Dust Diseases Tribunal has awarded more than $2.2 million in damages to a 54-year-old former BHP Billiton worker with mesothelioma who was exposed to asbestos while working on blast furnaces at the company's now closed Newcastle steelworks.
A financial controller sacked by a global shipping company will recover more than $1m after a court ruled she was entitled to ten months' notice of termination of her employment and long service leave based on her full salary package.
The Federal Court has given a company permission for its director to represent it during an adverse action mediation and will consider letting him do so if the case goes to trial, accepting it had "limited" capacity to pay legal bills.
