The high-income threshold for unfair dismissal applications will rise to $129,300 from July 1 (up from $123,300), while the maximum compensation will increase to $64,650 (up from $61,650) for post-July 1 dismissals.
A second Fair Work Commission member has departed from a full bench majority decision that allowed an enterprise agreement to include a pre-paid annual leave clause.
The Federal Court has found an employer's threat to terminate an employee so she could be engaged as an independent contractor breached the Fair Work Act, but has rejected the Fair Work Ombudsman's argument that the Odco-style arrangements at the centre of the case were a sham.
Shadow Workplace Relations Minister Senator Eric Abetz says he is "confident" last month's Federal Court findings that Victoria's construction code breaches the Fair Work Act's general protections laws won't survive the state government's appeals.
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Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has attacked the Opposition's "small target, Labor-lite, mogadon" approach to IR and warned that an Abbott Coalition government would go further than outlined in its recently-released IR policy.
With only a quarter of Australian workers remaining with the same employer for 10 years, the federal government should work with state governments to introduce a national portable long service leave scheme, according to a new report, released today.
Patrick has alleged before the FWC that the MUA has been taking unlawful industrial action by imposing "productivity caps" at its Port Botany container terminal to pressure the company over pay, restructuring and technology decisions, in a case set to be fully heard next week.
