The CFMEU is facing indefinite suspension of its rights to enter at least four major building sites after the Fair Work Commission found that officials – at the union's direction - engaged in "serious, deliberate and sustained misuse of entry rights" at several South Australian projects late last year.
An internal restructure that made his position redundant, rather than adverse action due to his workplace complaints, led to the dismissal of an "experienced and highly competent" cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon, the Federal Court has found.
A paramedic was not dismissed because he persistently exercised his workplace rights to complain or inquire about his employment but because of his aggressive behaviour towards managers, the Federal Court has found.
FWO media releases claiming that it was prosecuting an employer were misleading because they implied "criminal activity" was involved, the Federal Court has ruled.
CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch secretary John Setka has suffered another setback in his long-running defamation case against Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Sky News, after a court rejected another attempt to limit defence arguments available to Abbott and the news organisation.
The Federal Court has ordered the CFMEU (construction and general division) and WA branch assistant secretary Joe McDonald to pay a total of $193,600 for their part in an unlawful stopwork at a Pilbara site.
The High Court might be required to adjudicate on whether employers can sack employees for breaching "good conduct" policies without falling foul of the Fair Work Act's adverse action provisions, after the CFMEU resolved to appeal an important full Federal Court judgment.
The former federal Labor Government's new bullying regime and right of entry amendments are just some of its IR changes that will take effect from January 1 next year, four months after it lost office.
In a significant decision, a Federal Court full court has found that the Victorian Government didn't breach adverse action and coercion laws by enforcing its building code against Lend Lease and Eco Recyclers.
