A Federal Court full bench has overturned a finding that a CFMEU delegate – who had advised workers not to strike - "aided and abetted" an illegal stoppage on the North West Shelf in 2008.
Talks continuing in bid to head off Fremantle port strike; Public sector disputes boost days lost to strikes; and Government employees win protection for bushfire-fighting duties.
The AIG has today called on all state governments to follow the lead of their Victorian and NSW counterparts and introduce IR codes for public sector infrastructure projects.
The ETU's Victorian branch has lost its long-running bid for an inquiry into the victory by its factional rivals in last year's election battle for the national secretary and assistant secretary positions.
A Fair Work Australia full bench has upheld a decision to allow out-of-time unfair dismissal claims by three employees who discovered they'd been replaced a month after they were made redundant.
The federal government's first tranche response to the Fair Work Act review has received Royal Assent, with the bulk of the changes - including to the tribunal's name - to take effect from January 1 next year and those relating to super funds in modern awards a year later.
A full bench of the NSW IRC has overturned the reinstatement of an experienced hospital security officer who was dismissed for slapping an aggressive psychiatric patient who tried to bite him during a medical procedure, awarding him 26 weeks' compensation instead.
Former Woodside Energy commercial manager Jill Mustard is suing the company for defamation over statements allegedly made by chief executive Don Voelte in April last year about her insistence that she be given her former position following her return from maternity leave.
