Mining company Whitehaven Coal Ltd has written to the RTBU asking it to withdraw its plans for a protected 24-hour strike at Pacific National on Friday and abandon future stoppages, while reserving its rights to seek third-party orders from the FWC.
New federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has given his department the go-ahead to canvass alternatives to the controversial offensive conduct clause in the exposure draft of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill, with secretary Roger Wilkins presenting options to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Senate Committee inquiry.
A tyre fitter who argued that he should be released from an agreed settlement of his unfair dismissal claim because his former employer had not carried out a commitment to reinstate him has had his case dismissed because his own behaviour "frustrated" his re-employment.
A full Federal Court has thrown out the AWU's challenge to four greenfields agreements negotiated by the CFMEU's construction and general division in the Bowen Basin, rejecting a narrow approach to interpreting union rules.
The RTBU has brought an adverse action claim against Pacific National for offering its NSW rail freight members pay incentives if they don't participate in industrial action, but lawyers from Herbert Smith Freehills say the company's actions are defensible, based on a full federal court precedent.
FWC case against Thomson adjourned in wake of criminal charges; Government open to removing controversial discrimination clause; Modern awards need to recognise and reward modern apprentices; ACTU argues; Employer gender reporting should be meaningful and not too onerous, says AIG; and FWC rules on franchise purchaser's dismissal text.
A company did not breach the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions when it performance-managed and disciplined an employee after he made a written complaint about his managers, the Federal Court has ruled.
The AWU's national and state leaders have been returned unopposed for further four year terms in elections marked by the end of long-serving and influential Queensland secretary Bill Ludwig's state rein.
