FWA has declined to make a recommendation in a dispute over which of two awards covers a group of Coles supermarkets workers, holding that despite the tribunal being the awards' "effective author", the matter was also before the Federal Magistrates Court and a judicial determination was "more authoritative".
The Immigration Department has confirmed that the first proposed Enterprise Migration Agreement, for Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill Mine, hasn't been finalised, while unions and employer associations have criticised technical aspects of Greens MP Adam Bandt's EMA bill.
The three former HSU No. 1 branch officials at the centre of the Federal Court case launched by Fair Work Australia will not contest the allegations against them, while the tribunal has met with Victoria Police over its investigation into the union's national office.
United Voice national secretary Louise Tarrant is hosing down speculation that the Federal Government has agreed to fund substantial wage increases for the nation's childcare workers, as the union meets with Prime Minister Julia Gillard today.
Despite reporting last year that the Church of Scientology had established itself in Australia with little thought to workplace laws, the Fair Work Ombudsman has finalised its investigation without finding any contraventions or requiring any backpayments.
Fair Work Australia has upheld the dismissal of a Patrick Port Logistics driver who had a history of intimidating colleagues and management, in a ruling that highlights the industrial balancing-act employers can face when dividing work between permanent and temporary workers.
The Federal Government has thrown its full weight behind existing modern award penalty rates in submissions filed with FWA today, arguing that reducing them would not reflect Australian community standards.
