FWA's President, Justice Iain Ross, has renewed his call for "Fair Work" to be removed from its title, just a day after Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten announced it was likely to be rebadged as the Fair Work Commission.
The Federal Magistrates Court has upheld the right of employees to widen the scope of adverse action claims before the courts beyond what was in their initial Fair Work Australia application, after rejecting an employer's argument that this would render the tribunal's conciliation process "pointless".
The MUA has welcomed the Federal Government's review and planned legislative changes to improve protection for offshore resource industry workers in the wake of the Federal Court's Allseas judgment, but AMMA has warned that the Government should "proceed cautiously".
The NSW Supreme Court has awarded an AMP financial advisory agency $56,000 in damages and ordered its former financial planner and his competing business to return confidential client lists he obtained in breach of his employment contract.
Fair Work Australia General Manager Bernadette O'Neill has lodged proceedings in the Federal Court today against the member for Dobell, Craig Thomson, seeking penalties and compensation for alleged unauthorised expenditure incurred by him during his period as HSU national secretary.
Metropolitan and rural paramedics in NSW have voted unanimously to strike on October 20 in protest against a new roster for regional non-24 hour stations approved by the State IRC last week, which the HSUeast says will endanger the safety of paramedics and the community.
Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has promised this afternoon to introduce legislation within the next eight parliamentary sitting days this year to implement about a third of the Fair Work Act review panel's recommendations, including changing FWA's name.
67-year-old company accountant fails to prove age-related dismissal; Finance company facing discrimination claim ordered to hand over Nazi salute footage; and FWA approves Victorian public health deal.
FWA panel should select default awards, says PC; Senate IR bill reports delayed until March; and Transfer of business bill bad for employees, says AMMA.
