A FWC full bench majority has found no errors in Deputy President Greg Smith's decision not to reinstate a university professor who he found was unfairly dismissed after an investigation into his research spending claims. Meanwhile, the FWC has upheld the sacking of a financial controller who made payments to herself without proper documentation.
Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke has urged Tony Abbott not to turn his back on trade unions, arguing that they have been overwhelmingly a force for good in Australia.
The MUA has upped the ante in the latest offshore oil and gas bargaining round, applying for a secret ballot to approve industrial action against one of the sector's vessel operators.
Victorian construction code compliance unit director Nigel Hadgkiss will return to the federal construction IR watchdog as its new leader, while former head John Lloyd will chair the organisation's advisory board, Workplace Relations Minister Eric Abetz announced this afternoon.
United Voice has asked the Fair Work Commission to order Glad Cleaning Services Pty Ltd to produce employment records for cleaners at several Melbourne CBD offices, after allegedly overhearing the company's HR manager on a mobile phone during a tram ride admitting Glad removed documents before a union inspection.
Former HSU East secretary Michael Williamson has apologised "unreservedly" to the union and its members as part of a multi-million dollar settlement of its civil case against him, which was announced following his guilty plea yesterday to criminal charges including fraud.
The Fair Work Commission has reinstated a council parks and grounds supervisor after finding that his employer's uncritical reliance on a report from covert surveillance that was targeted at alleged drug-related activity of another employee was substantially and procedurally unfair.
