Australia Post has appealed against a Fair Work Australia ruling that it treated a driver harshly when it dismissed him for forwarding pornographic emails from his workplace email address.
Telstra has failed to convince a Fair Work Australia full bench it should be subject to the industry's modern award rather than a new enterprise award, with the tribunal finding it inappropriate to "sweep aside" the existing enterprise awards without giving the parties the chance to negotiate another that takes into account the increasing competition it faces.
The Federal Magistrates Court has found that a casual chicken factory worker cannot proceed with an adverse action claim because he was not an employee or a prospective employee of the facility.
FWA has rejected an APESMA application for good faith bargaining orders against BHP Coal over negotiations for a staff agreement at the company’s Broadmeadow mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, holding the bargaining that had occurred had not been "a pretence".
Registered organisations bill passes parliament; Unfair dismissal income cap to rise beyond $120,000; and Harmers and Ashby sought to maximise vilification of Slipper, court documents allege.
The MUA faces possible fines of up to $165,000 and an order to pay compensation for allegedly distributing posters labelling five workers who failed to take industrial action as scabs who would be "marked for life".
A House of Representatives inquiry into the Greens private member's bill that seeks to stiffen the "right to request" flexibility has raised concerns about the proposed removal of the provisions from the NES and has recommended consideration be delayed until the federal government responds to the Fair Work Act review.
Senators have recommended in a report tabled today that the bill to stiffen registered organisations laws be passed, but the Coalition has called for amendments and more time for debate.
Prosecution of HSU Victorian No. 1 branch adjourned until September; FWA makes first equal pay order; Public school teachers in Victoria and NSW to walk out; and Journey claims axed in NSW, as legislation passes.
A law firm that won unspecified costs on behalf of its employer client from an employee who pursued an adverse action claim says the ruling could have a "monumental effect" on such cases, as they are no longer within the Fair Work Act's "no costs" jurisdiction.
