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Judge says Qantas engineers disguised industrial dispute as air safety issue

A Federal Court judge has rejected an adverse action claim from six Qantas licensed aircraft maintenance engineers who "cloaked" industrial action as an aviation safety issue.

Full bench says officer's sacking "disproportionate" to domestic violence convictions

In an important ruling on out-of-hours conduct, a tribunal full bench has upheld the reinstatement of a senior prison officer who was dismissed after his third conviction for domestic violence.

$27,000 adverse action payout; Court protects notice during leave; & more

Low-paid worker wins $27,500 for adverse action breach; Court protects notice during leave; & Bid to halt CFMEU WA construction election.

CFMEU wins higher site allowance at Grocon project

The Victorian Building Industry Disputes Panel has found that Grocon should have been paying a higher site allowance to employees engaged at the Victorian Government's McNab Avenue development, rejecting an argument that the two stages of the undertaking constituted separate projects.

Full bench rejects Aldi "opt out" deals

An FWA full bench has told Aldi Foods it must make substantial changes to three proposed agreements before they can be approved.

Court rewrites employment contract to reflect parties' intention

A court has taken the rare step of rewriting a former executive's contract of employment to provide him with a $297,500 retirement benefit, finding that he and his employer had mistakenly left it out of the final document.

BOOT doesn't fit deals for non-award workers: Full bench

FWA members should not apply the better off overall test to proposed enterprise agreements covering non-award employees, a full bench has ruled. 

Banks puts IR on productivity agenda; Abbott working group; & ACCC calls for waterfront change

Outgoing Productivity Commission chair Gary Banks has included workplace relations on a lengthy list of areas he says need further productivity reform, while Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has announced a new working group to consult on implanting the Coalition's productivity agenda.

Company's right to manage reinforced by last year's dispute: Joyce

One year on from last year's dramatic fleet-grounding and lockout, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has defended his actions as the only course available under the Fair Work Act, and said the deals with two unions that followed reinforced the airline's right to manage its business and he was "optimistic" the third would do the same.

IRC orders halt to redundancies at Queensland government agencies

The Queensland IRC has described consultation on public service redundancies at QBuild and a major hospital as "fundamentally flawed".

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