The MUA faces possible fines of up to $165,000 and an order to pay compensation for allegedly distributing posters labelling five workers who failed to take industrial action as scabs who would be "marked for life".
A House of Representatives inquiry into the Greens private member's bill that seeks to stiffen the "right to request" flexibility has raised concerns about the proposed removal of the provisions from the NES and has recommended consideration be delayed until the federal government responds to the Fair Work Act review.
Senators have recommended in a report tabled today that the bill to stiffen registered organisations laws be passed, but the Coalition has called for amendments and more time for debate.
Prosecution of HSU Victorian No. 1 branch adjourned until September; FWA makes first equal pay order; Public school teachers in Victoria and NSW to walk out; and Journey claims axed in NSW, as legislation passes.
A law firm that won unspecified costs on behalf of its employer client from an employee who pursued an adverse action claim says the ruling could have a "monumental effect" on such cases, as they are no longer within the Fair Work Act's "no costs" jurisdiction.
A long-serving waterfront worker has lost his job, after a Fair Work Australia full bench overturned a finding that he should be reinstated because he had been goaded into a fight with a bullying supervisor.
Sacked employees do not have to limit their claims in adverse action cases before the courts to those they made in their initial application to Fair Work Australia, the Federal Court has ruled.
Fair Work Australia has rejected a union's claim that a major grocery distribution company breached its enterprise agreement by issuing a written warning to a storeworker who was failing to meet the company's benchmarks under an "engineered labour standard" work system.
