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Workplace regulation should allow opting out: Senator

Family First Senator Bob Day has used his first speech to parliament to press his argument for allowing job seekers to opt out of the regulated IR system if it will help them get work.

Productivity increases continue: ABS

Private sector productivity rose by 3.3% in the year to June, continuing Australia's three-plus years run of increases, according to the ABS.

Later conduct not relevant in interpreting contract: full court

A Federal Court full bench has overturned a lower court's interpretation of an employment contract, finding that it had wrongly taken account of the parties' conduct after it commenced.

Email deletion not connected to Royal Commission: CFMEU

The CFMEU's construction and general division NSW branch has denied that it deleted emails to avoid providing them to the Heydon Royal Commission.

Labor, unions hit out at delay until 2025 of 12% super

Labor and unions have slammed yesterday's deal between the Coalition and the Palmer United Party that keeps employers' guaranteed superannuation payments at their current rate until 2021 and scraps the low income contribution in three years.

FWC must advise employer on reinstatement options: bench

A Fair Work Commission member's failure to alert an aged care operator during an unfair dismissal hearing that she might reinstate a nurse to a different operational area represented a denial of natural justice, a full bench has found.

FWBC inspectors recount CFMEU abuse and intimidation

The Heydon inquiry has heard evidence from five FWBC inspectors today about being abused and intimidated by CFMEU officials and delegates, prompting the royal commissioner to query the meaning of the word "dog".

Legal "flame-fanning" doesn't resolve disputes: Kearney

The ACTU says it is "unhelpful" when law firms provide advice to employers based more on their legal rights than the best way to resolve a dispute.

Mother of a mistake no justification for late application

Allowing a late unfair dismissal application because of representative error is less likely to occur where the agent is not professionally qualified, a Fair Work Commission appeal bench has ruled.

Employer not liable for Christmas party king-hit

A court has ruled that a company did not breach its contractual duty of care for an employee who was injured in an assault during a Christmas party cruise.

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