In an important ruling on the interpretation of discrimination prohibitions in IR statutes, a Federal Court full court has found that it isn't sufficient to merely establish "different" treatment, as adverse impact also has to be proven.
Increases to award minimum rates, the streamlining of the permanent employer-sponsored visa progr and the establishment of the new Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal are among changes taking effect from Saturday, July 1.
The Productivity Commission is seeking feedback on whether assessment and selection of default funds should be conducted by an expert panel – similar to the minimum wage panel - within FWA, or alternatively an expert panel outside the tribunal.
FWA releases modern award review draft timetable; Jackson still without salary, considers running in NSW; and Employer might appeal FWA's arbitration powers ruling.
Australia Post has appealed against a Fair Work Australia ruling that it treated a driver harshly when it dismissed him for forwarding pornographic emails from his workplace email address.
Telstra has failed to convince a Fair Work Australia full bench it should be subject to the industry's modern award rather than a new enterprise award, with the tribunal finding it inappropriate to "sweep aside" the existing enterprise awards without giving the parties the chance to negotiate another that takes into account the increasing competition it faces.
The Federal Magistrates Court has found that a casual chicken factory worker cannot proceed with an adverse action claim because he was not an employee or a prospective employee of the facility.
FWA has rejected an APESMA application for good faith bargaining orders against BHP Coal over negotiations for a staff agreement at the company’s Broadmeadow mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, holding the bargaining that had occurred had not been "a pretence".
Registered organisations bill passes parliament; Unfair dismissal income cap to rise beyond $120,000; and Harmers and Ashby sought to maximise vilification of Slipper, court documents allege.
