Fair Work Australia has today made its first workplace determination, endorsing the consent deal made between Qantas and ALAEA after the tribunal's order to end industrial action in the wake of the airline's dramatic lockout and shutdown last October.
Fair Work Australia has rejected a bid by the MBA to vary the construction industry modern award to make clear that adult apprentices are not eligible for a range of allowances other building workers are entitled to.
The Productivity Commission will develop a new system for selecting the superannuation funds that are nominated as the default option in modern awards, the federal government announced this afternoon.
FWA grants security for costs in dismissal case; Security of costs order doesn't necessarily lead to costs award; "Small business" to pay costs for unfair dismissal case; Errant safety manager fails to overturn dismissal; Effect of sacking on 457 visa holder excuses out-of-time application; Aircraft engineer's actions warrant dismissal; Failure to redeploy means redundancy not genuine; Exposing genitals to HR, falsifying records, justifies sparkie's sacking; and Tribunal reinstates prison officer sacked over domestic violence conviction.
A Hungry Jack's outlet in Victoria that relied on the chain's head office for wages information has been fined $46,200 after underpaying its 180-strong workforce for more than four years.
The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered Australia Post to pay $25,000 to a driver it took adverse action against but has refused to interfere with the corporation's decision to reinstate him for only nine days.
The panel conducting the review of the Fair Work Act has today released a background paper that poses 69 questions that parties might seek to address in their submissions, which are due by Friday, February 17.
Four CFMEU (construction and general division) greenfields deals for Queensland coal mining construction projects have survived a challenge by the AWU.
Review to release discussion paper this week; Victorian public sector agreement to be arbitrated; and Bench declines to rule on whether urine test refusal was industrial action.
