A full Federal Court has thrown out the AWU's challenge to four greenfields agreements negotiated by the CFMEU's construction and general division in the Bowen Basin, rejecting a narrow approach to interpreting union rules.
The RTBU has brought an adverse action claim against Pacific National for offering its NSW rail freight members pay incentives if they don't participate in industrial action, but lawyers from Herbert Smith Freehills say the company's actions are defensible, based on a full federal court precedent.
FWC case against Thomson adjourned in wake of criminal charges; Government open to removing controversial discrimination clause; Modern awards need to recognise and reward modern apprentices; ACTU argues; Employer gender reporting should be meaningful and not too onerous, says AIG; and FWC rules on franchise purchaser's dismissal text.
A company did not breach the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions when it performance-managed and disciplined an employee after he made a written complaint about his managers, the Federal Court has ruled.
The AWU's national and state leaders have been returned unopposed for further four year terms in elections marked by the end of long-serving and influential Queensland secretary Bill Ludwig's state rein.
An Australian Human Rights Commission report released today floats the possibility of strengthening the Fair Work Act's right to request flexible work to accommodate the needs of unpaid carers, amending the NES to provide specifically for carer's leave and introducing new protections for carers in federal anti-discrimination laws.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has reiterated his commitment to his paid parental leave scheme and to bringing back the ABCC but has provided no new detail on the IR policy the Coalition will take to the September 14 election, saying only that it will address the "flexibility, militancy and productivity problems arising from the Fair Work Act".
