In what has been described as one of the worst cases of deliberate underpayment of entitlements to employees, Federal Court Judge Robert Buchanan has ordered that an abattoir and its owner pay just shy of the maximum allowable penalty for each of the three major areas in which they breached IR laws.
AMMA has asked Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten to change the Fair Work Act to prevent unions seeking to take industrial action before bargaining commences.
A former Tasmanian police officer who was reinstated after being unfairly dismissed for engaging in out of hours oral sex in a public place has been awarded $125,000 in damages after a successful defamation action against the publishers, editor and journalists of News Limited's Hobart newspaper, The Mercury.
The Federal Court has today confirmed that unions that are facing an employer that refuses to bargain are not obliged to seek a majority support order or jump other hurdles before asking members to authorise industrial action.
The Federal Government should commit to ensuring that any changes to the Fair Work Act are enacted by the end of this year, according to ACCI chief executive Peter Anderson.
The AMWU might seek orders from FWA for Toyota Australia to provide lists of workers made redundant at its Altona car assembly plant, after being unable to obtain them from the company.
Endeavour challenges FWA's rejection of urine testing, cites "contradictory" rulings; and Indian restaurant fined for exploiting "vulnerable" 457 visa employee.
In an important ruling for federal unions that also maintain state-registered entities, the Federal Court has held today that NSW ETU members can't elect the CEPU electrical division's national leaders and have only a minimal role in divisional governance.
