Summarily dismissing employees for negligent rather than deliberate misconduct is now an "outdated concept", the Fair Work Commission has suggested in reinstating a security officer sacked for admitting a minor to a casino.
The CFMEU has secured at least a temporary reprieve from the FWC's review of its entry rights at four Lend Lease construction sites in South Australia, with a senior member of the tribunal suspending the process for an appeal.
Data released today shows that wage rises have now grown at a moderate 3.5% a year in private sector agreements approved in two successive quarters – which might ease concerns that bargaining is securing unsustainable increases.
Inferring the boss is a "wanker" in an all-staff email is rarely a good career move, but the Fair Work Commission has found that it should not have been a job-ending one for a building company senior manager, despite it being "ill-considered" and "offensive".
Union officials who repeatedly act in an unreasonable fashion towards workers or managers could be exposed to orders under the new Fair Work anti-bullying regime, according to senior lawyers from Seyfarth Shaw.
A judge has sought to deter "advisors" from drafting sham employment contracts, in imposing a $55,000 penalty on a cleaning business and its director that underpaid a cleaner who was in Australia on a working holiday visa.
The Fair Work Commission has approved another Queensland construction sector deal, despite finding that key clauses are non-permitted content and therefore unenforceable.
The Federal Government will use its constitutional powers to displace existing paid parental leave arrangements with its national scheme, while women will be able to access the new payments six weeks before their baby is due, under proposals being discussed with stakeholders.
Toyota will not take up the Federal Court's suggestion that it engage in a two-step process to vary its enterprise agreement, deciding instead to await the outcome of its appeal against Justice Mordy Bromberg's ruling that it breached its "no extra claims" clause by seeking the removal of "uncompetitive" provisions.
The Fair Work Commission has held that it cannot limit the life of transfer of business determinations, with a full bench overturning an order that was to expire along with the transferring agreement.
