The FWC's HSU investigations and litigation have cost more than $2.5 million so far, with a further bill of up to $150,000 likely from current Federal Court proceedings against former national secretary Craig Thomson, a Senate committee has heard.
The Abbott Government has presented its first tranche of changes to the Fair Work Act to Parliament today, including proposals to free up greenfields impasses, expand the subject matter of IFAs, wind back the ALP's right of entry changes and require bargaining before protected action.
Qantas will freeze wages for employees and cut 5,000 jobs from its workforce as its seeks to cut $2 billion from its costs by the end of the 2017 financial year, it announced this morning.
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A Fair Work Commission full bench reserved its decision this morning on whether the tribunal can take account of conduct before the bullying laws began operation on January 1, when making orders under the new regime.
The Coalition says skill shortages and the need to improve productivity growth have driven its decision to review Australia's 457 visa program, which assistant immigration minister Senator Michaelia Cash announced yesterday.
A court has ruled that a Catholic Church aged care facility took adverse action against a senior nurse when it dismissed her because she proposed to exercise her workplace right to consultation about a restructure of her job, holding that the new plans constituted a "major change" under the applicable enterprise agreement.
The Federal Government is urging the Fair Work Commission not to be "distracted by" the former Labor Government's broader pay equity principles when assessing an equal remuneration application for childcare workers.
