The Fair Work Commission in its workplace determination for Qantas long-haul pilots has rejected the bid by flight crew for new job security clauses and has been reluctant to make significant change ahead of bargaining for a new agreement beginning next year.
A Virgin Australia flight attendant has won his job back after the Fair Work Commission decided that he was unfairly dismissed for failing to cut his hair to comply with the airline's Look Book policy, but he might need to await the result of a full bench appeal before he returns to the skies.
The Federal Court has penalised BHP Coal for taking adverse action against a coal machinery operator it dismissed for holding up an anti-"scab" sign at a Bowen Basin protest and has warned companies that they must take steps to comply with industrial law changes.
A Federal Court full bench majority has found that two Commonwealth-funded employers unlawfully discriminated against intellectually disabled employees by tying wage increases to an assessment tool that had been approved by the national IR tribunal.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has this afternoon made a workplace determination that delivers Qantas long-haul flight crew a 4.5% pay rise from January 1 last year and 3% increases this year and next.
Harmers Workplace Lawyers' chair Michael Harmer has taken the unusual step of seeking leave in his own right to appeal the Federal Court's dismissal of James Ashby's sexual harassment claim against former federal Speaker Peter Slipper, while Ashby has engaged a new law firm to challenge the ruling.
In an important decision, a Federal Court full bench has overruled a finding that a two-year state-based limitation period could stymie prosecution of federal industrial law breaches, which could bolster the Fair Work Commission's case against former HSU national secretary Craig Thomson.
An employee who has mounted an adverse action case has lost her bid for interim orders to restrain a law firm from representing her former employer, on the basis that it had a role in her dismissal.
A tribunal has found an employer didn't breach information privacy laws when it informally obtained details about the qualifications of an employee who was seeking a promotion, but has expressed disquiet over the process used to acquire the information.
