Fair Work Australia has rejected MUA claims that stevedores at a supply base for the giant Gorgon gas project refused to work on a vessel for safety reasons, describing as "plausible" their employer's argument that the "elephant in the room" was that the ship was foreign-crewed.
Toll Holdings' striking workers at Coles's Somerton warehouse in Victoria have this afternoon voted to reject the transport company's bargaining offer.
FWA has granted a bargaining order to block the finalisation of an agreement at the Australian Rail Track Corporation while it decides whether a minority group should fall within its scope.
A tribunal has ordered a man to pay $8000 in compensation to an assembly line worker for sexually harassing him over a period of four months, but their employer escaped liability because it had taken sufficient steps to comply with its policies.
In a boost to South Australian public servants, the High Court has today given the Public Service Association the green light to resume its long-running legal battle over long service leave entitlements, in a ruling that clarifies the relationship between the state’s Supreme Court and IR tribunal.
The ACTU has today told a parliamentary inquiry that tougher penalties and lower prosecution thresholds are required to tackle a workplace bullying "pandemic" that particularly puts casuals, apprentices and young workers at risk.
Stewards employed by Harness Racing Victoria can top up their wages by up to 2% a year if gambling revenue targets are achieved, under a new enterprise agreement negotiated with the Australian Workers' Union.
Fair Work Australia has dismissed the NUW's claim that it acquired "automatic default bargaining representative status" after five SDA members joined it during bargaining at a Target warehouse.
The Queensland Supreme Court has granted a limited injunction to a travel insurance company, enforcing the last 28 days of a 12-month restraint on a former senior sales employee who earned a base salary of $235,000, but without requiring her to leave her job with a competitor.
