A judge has sought to deter "advisors" from drafting sham employment contracts, in imposing a $55,000 penalty on a cleaning business and its director that underpaid a cleaner who was in Australia on a working holiday visa.
The Fair Work Commission has approved another Queensland construction sector deal, despite finding that key clauses are non-permitted content and therefore unenforceable.
The Federal Government will use its constitutional powers to displace existing paid parental leave arrangements with its national scheme, while women will be able to access the new payments six weeks before their baby is due, under proposals being discussed with stakeholders.
Toyota will not take up the Federal Court's suggestion that it engage in a two-step process to vary its enterprise agreement, deciding instead to await the outcome of its appeal against Justice Mordy Bromberg's ruling that it breached its "no extra claims" clause by seeking the removal of "uncompetitive" provisions.
The Fair Work Commission has held that it cannot limit the life of transfer of business determinations, with a full bench overturning an order that was to expire along with the transferring agreement.
FWC receives first bullying claims Scope of 4 yearly modern award review to be discussed next month FWC amends award super clauses to comply with MySuper obligations Undertakings would change trucking EA too much
The Canadian Supreme Court has struck down privacy laws that restrict union rights to pressure individuals not to cross a picket line, because they disproportionately infringe freedom of expression.
A Fair Work Commission ruling that waterfront workers' failure to volunteer for Christmas/New Year public holiday shifts at DP World cannot be construed as industrial action will be re-examined after a successful appeal against the Commission's failure to issue interim orders to stop an alleged MUA industrial campaign.
Employer associations and unions are continuing to oppose the Abbott Government's crackdown on registered organisations, despite Coalition senators advocating changes to soften the regulatory burden of the RO Bill late last year.
