An attempt by Melbourne's Swinburne University to introduce what the NTEU claims was a "secret non-union deal" with a handful of newly-appointed staff at a subsidiary college has backfired, with FWC ordering it to pay $33,655 in costs to the union.
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The body charged with reviewing the Fair Work Act should the Coalition win – as appears increasingly likely – the September 14 federal election, has released a report highlighting the marked increase in labour productivity last financial year, but cautioned that it has more to do with capital deepening than greater efficiency.
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a coal mine that dismissed one employee for rolling a company vehicle on site but internally disciplined another was entitled to treat the incidents differently.
A male manager sacked for having s-x with a female co-worker has failed to convince the FWC that his unfair dismissal application, lodged almost six months late after he became aware that he was treated differently to the other employee, satisfied the exceptional circumstances criteria.
While conceding that the CFMEU's advice that workers would reduce output at the Yallourn Power Station could have been better described, a Fair Work Commission full bench has upheld an earlier ruling that the union's industrial action notice was sufficiently specific to comply with the Fair Work Act.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an application by the ANF for a low paid authorisation to enable it to pursue a multi-employer agreement for practice nurses in private sector general practice clinics and medical centres.
The Greens have accused the major parties of parroting the submissions of conservative state governments in a Senate inquiry report on public sector working conditions, while another inquiry has recommended the Fair Work Act adopt new discrimination protections for gender identity and intersex status.
The Fair Work Commission has criticised the unsophisticated HR practices of mining company Central Norseman Gold, in a finding that it wrongfully dismissed an injured worker who the company claimed had "abandoned" his employment by failing to agree to an alternative role for which he was not licensed.
