A FWC full bench has refused Bechtel permission to appeal against a finding that the MUA was entitled to enter its $20 billion Curtis Island LNG projects for discussions with excavator operators, ruling it would be futile to decide the matter because the company no longer employed workers in those roles.
IR consultant Grace Collier has told the HR Nicholls Society that most employers cannot bargain competently, and would be better off with minimalist enterprise deals that allow for pay to be negotiated individually, or no agreement at all.
A Coalition Government would shift the administration of the paid parental leave scheme from employers to the Family Assistance Office, enable small businesses to remit super contributions directly to the ATO and make senior public servants' pay rises and bonuses contingent on proven reductions in regulations, according to a policy statement released today by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
Sacked apprentice's private work competed with his employer; FWC suppresses identify of academic dismissed for alleged inappropriate conduct; FWC finds ANZ had no obligation to take employee back after leave without pay; and FWC finds employer unfairly sacked reneging consultant.
Fair Work Commission Vice President Graeme Watson has ordered the MUA to cease its "covert" campaign against automation at Patrick's Port Botany container terminal, rejecting the union's outright denials that it has reimposed a productivity cap and organised "go slows" since May this year.
The operator of a Victorian freight and road transport business has been fined more than 85% of the maximum penalty for underpaying a former truck driver and then engaging in "asset stripping" to avoid liability.
TWU seeks members' support for industrial campaign at Toll; Rudd flags action to address HSU-style corruption within unions; and Correction: Chris Gardner still a Herbert Smith Freehills partner.
The Federal Circuit Court has provided guidance about when it will view complaints before it as being different from an original terminated Australian Human Rights Commission complaint, in rejecting the majority of strike-out applications by a security company that allegedly s-xually discriminated against a former account manager.
The federal government is supporting the SDA's push to scrap lower wage rates for 20-year-old retail workers in a Fair Work Commission full bench hearing this week.
