A subsidiary of pharmaceutical giant Novartis is fighting to prevent a sacked employee from contacting her former colleagues, convincing the Federal Circuit Court that there is a prima facie case that she is in contempt of orders that she refrain from doing so.
The Federal Circuit Court has ordered a medical practice and its two doctor principals to pay almost $125,000 in penalties for discriminating against a visually-impaired 19-year-old receptionist and paying her only 43% of her lawful award rate.
In a case involving a corporate structure with multiple employers, the Fair Work Commission has found that a company's Facebook message to an employee of a related entity telling her it would be inappropriate for her to return to work amounted to the termination of her employment.
Action taken by six CFMEU construction and general division organisers in 2010 to coerce Abigroup to employ four union members on the Peninsula Link freeway project in Victoria has cost them and their organisation $230,000 in Federal Court fines under the repealed Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act.
A clothing company has lost its bid to remove outworkers who are "legitimate subcontractors" from the modern textile and clothing award, despite receiving sympathy from a Fair Work Commission full bench for its argument that the embattled industry needs greater flexibility to combat a flood of cheap imports.
The AiG has reiterated its concerns with the Coalition's plan to delay until after the next federal election any changes stemming from the upcoming Productivity Commission IR inquiry, and maintained Prime Minister Tony Abbott's paid parental scheme would "pose an unfair cost burden" on larger employers.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has quashed a ruling that a Jetstar unfairly dismissed an employee for fighting with a co-worker on Melbourne airport's tarmac and should be reinstated.
FWC President Justice Iain Ross has responded to suggestions from employer and union participants in the annual wage review and initiated an early consultation process ahead of the closing date for submissions.
