A long-serving waterfront worker has lost his job, after a Fair Work Australia full bench overturned a finding that he should be reinstated because he had been goaded into a fight with a bullying supervisor.
Sacked employees do not have to limit their claims in adverse action cases before the courts to those they made in their initial application to Fair Work Australia, the Federal Court has ruled.
Fair Work Australia has rejected a union's claim that a major grocery distribution company breached its enterprise agreement by issuing a written warning to a storeworker who was failing to meet the company's benchmarks under an "engineered labour standard" work system.
Fairfax agrees to consult over restructure plans; Greens foreshadow post-review push to ease bargaining restrictions; and FWA approves Olympic Dam deal, with undertaking.
The Federal Court has today declared dysfunctional both the strife-plagued state-registered HSUeast and the federally-registered East branch and ordered that they be placed in administration and broken into their pre-merger parts, with all elected offices declared vacant.
Former CEO suing for under-insurance and unpaid bonuses "potentially worth millions"; Windhoist's lawyer rejects union's claim deal will create a two-tier labour market claims; Be realistic about skills shortages, says recruiter; and Commissioner Gooley to chair aged care strategic workforce advisory group.
The Federal Government's equal opportunity bill is through the Lower House, while the Opposition has accused the Government of truncating debate on Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten's union accountability legislation and criticised as "nonsense" the six-day deadline for the bill's Senate inquiry. Greens MP Adam Bandt has meanwhile introduced his EMA legislation into parliament, and the O'Farrell Government's workers compensation bill is through the NSW Lower House.
