Fair Work Australia has found it was unfair for HJ Heinz Company Australia to dismiss a sales manager who refused to be performance managed because he feared it was designed to trigger his exit from the company.
The Australian Government Solicitor will conduct an inquiry, at the ABCC's request, into a bungled attempt by the construction IR regulator to prosecute CFMEU officials for alleged assault and obstruction.
The parliaments and courts should re-consider the traditional common law approach to employer control over employees’ private lives, in response to burgeoning use of social media and the blurring of work and private spheres, says IR academic and lawyer Louise Thornthwaite.
Safety not a `ruse’, ABCC concedes during prosecution; ABCC investigator fails to prove threatened coercion or resulting discrimination; WA ABCC/CFMEU case withdrawn; and CFMEU calls for investigation over Victorian case.
Greens' bill extends flexible work rights; High Court rejects Rio Tinto appeal bid; and Manager sacked for refusing performance management wins job back.
Fair Work Australia has today terminated industrial action at the Schweppes site at Tullamarine in Melbourne, where employees have been locked out since mid-December.
The MBA has called for 46 changes to the Fair Work Act, arguing it is overly complicated, has created uncertainty and is unfairly balanced against employers.
The secret nature of unfair dismissal settlements reached during FWA conciliation makes it impossible to test whether the Federal Government has achieved its promise to eliminate “go away” money, according to the author of a pilot case study in which the employer was told four weeks pay would make the matter disappear.
The bargaining dispute at BHPB's Bowen Basin coal mines has escalated sharply, with mining unions notifying the company of a seven-day strike beginning next Wednesday.
