The Fair Work Commission has released a draft practice note designed to ensure its hearings and conferences are conducted fairly, and has asked for feedback by July 10.
Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick will conduct an 11-month inquiry into the prevalence of discrimination in the workplace against women who are pregnant or returning to work after taking parental leave, the Federal Government announced today.
The long-running dispute between EnergyAustralia and the CFMEU (mining & energy division) over a new deal for Victoria's Yallourn power station has escalated dramatically, with the company locking out its operators indefinitely from midday today.
Harmers Workplace Lawyers' chair Michael Harmer sought to appeal comments made by a Federal Court judge about costs in a sexual harassment case based "on a plain misreading of the judgment", a full bench has found.
Independent MP Rob Oakeshott has told Parliament he will vote against the federal government's legislation raising the bar for employers sponsoring 457 visa entrants, arguing that there are already sufficient sanctions in the Migration Act to clamp down on any rorting of the system.
The ALAEA is challenging the recent deal between Qantas and the AMWU, AWU and ETU covering 1200 aircraft maintenance workers, maintaining it overlaps with last year's FWC workplace determination that followed the airline's grounding.
The Federal Court's longest serving member and industrial law leader, Justice Peter Gray, stepped down from the bench last month after 29 years, prompting Chief Justice James Allsop to acknowledge that the judicial body had lost part of itself.
