Describing the consequences of its ruling as "unfortunate", the Federal Court has upheld a finding that a trainee communications worker was not entitled to be reimbursed for the cost of travelling between Wodonga and Newcastle – a 1520km round trip – to attend off-the-job training.
Mock unfair dismissal video now available; Former A-G McClelland returns to Turner Freeman; Vale Charles Copeman; FWC issues enterprise instrument reminder; and Batt becomes longest serving Victorian public sector union leader.
An employer has failed in its bid to terminate an expired enterprise agreement after the Fair Work Commission ruled that it would change the status quo in bargaining for a new one and deliver individual contracts to the workplace.
BHP Coal Pty Limited made a "proportionate" decision to dismiss a shotfirer who threw a projectile at a moving car containing non-union workers while participating in a CFMEU picket, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The Federal Circuit Court has ruled that the Commonwealth Privacy Act is not a workplace law, in throwing out an adverse action claim by a prospective employee who refused to provide a copy of her passport and electronic signature as part of a pre-employment screening process for a permanent job.
A function on Thursday this week in Sydney will seek to raise money for former HSU national secretary Craig Thomson's defence against almost 180 criminal charges for fraud and theft.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has reversed a decision that a boilermaker was fairly dismissed for using an unsafe method to cut a steel plate, finding he was not given sufficient opportunity to respond to allegations about his conduct or to attend his employer's re-enactment of the incident.
The O'Farrell Government has moved swiftly to undo the effect of last week's NSW IRC decision that public sector workers were not required to trade off today's 0.25% superannuation increase for salary rises, prompting an angry response from the state's union movement.
The TWU and a small number of flight attendants have failed to prevent FWC's approval of the enterprise agreement finalised by Qantas and the FAAA earlier this year, which will deliver pay increases to some 3,400 international cabin crew of up to 14% over 3.5 years.
Bill Shorten has retained the workplace relations portfolio in today's reshuffle by new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, while former ACTU leaders Greg Combet and Simon Crean have announced they are leaving parliament.
