The Federal Circuit Court has added $40,000 and costs to a company's unfair dismissal bill after it failed to pay a sacked worker $49,000 the Fair Work Commission awarded him.
A scaffolding company linked to Sydney labour hire company owner George Alex listed $2,500 in weekly cash payments as "union fees" that went to the CFMEU, the Heydon Royal Commission has heard.
The Greens are seeking to have the Senate disallow a Coalition regulation that allows a third party facing economic damage from industrial action to apply to the Fair Work Commission for it to stop.
The Law Council has come out against the Coalition's proposed creation of an independent appeal jurisdiction for the Fair Work Commission, saying the current mechanisms "do not need to be altered".
Employment Minister Eric Abetz has told the AiG and others lobbying for accelerated IR change to take a "deep breath" and focus on what is already on the table.
The AiG has urged the Federal Government to release the terms of reference for the Productivity Commission's review of the Fair Work regime before next week's first anniversary of its September 2013 election, and said business was becoming "increasingly impatient" with the slow pace of reform.
A leading barrister has looked ahead at issues - including damages in dismissal cases - likely to arise if the High Court confirms the existence of an implied term of mutual trust and confidence in Australian employment law.
Social media has disrupted the distinction between employees' work and private lives, yet the social media policies of many Australian organisations don’t take privacy and freedom of expression into account, according to a leading academic.
The former secretary of the HSU Vic No 3 branch, Kathy Jackson, submitted a claim for $65,740 for solicitors’ fees when the actual amount the union was charged was only $1,122, the Heydon royal commission has heard.
A part-time HR manager's bullying claim against her chief executive backfired when her employer discovered while investigating her complaint that she had been using its resources to do work for other organisations.
