The case cited by Fair Work Australia President Justice Iain Ross in arguing Fair Work Australia should be renamed has been dismissed by a full bench, ending an extension of time bid by a "functionally illiterate and brain damaged" gardener who mistakenly lodged his unfair dismissal claim with the Fair Work Ombudsman rather than the industrial tribunal.
A Federal Court judge this morning described as "scandalous" and possibly inadmissible evidence filed by HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson to support her arguments against putting the union into administration, and also raised concerns about an apparent attempt by Jackson or her lawyers to breach court rules by contacting his chambers.
Grocon and the CFMEU's construction and general division have reached a new enterprise deal that closely follows the Victorian building industry agreement, after the construction giant abandoned plans to tailor its own arrangements.
Qantas has warned TWU national secretary Tony Sheldon not to further disseminate claims that the airline's chief executive, Alan Joyce, misled Parliament about last year's grounding of its fleet and locking out its workforce, while Workplace Express has corrected an article published about the TWU's claims earlier today.
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A resort and its owner have been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a record fine for sham contracting of almost $300,000, while the Fair Work Ombudsman has begun a second prosecution of Coles for alleged "wilful blindness" in its contracting-out of shopping trolley collection.
FWA's minimum wage panel has satisfied neither unions nor employer groups with its decision this morning to increase minimum award wages by 2.9%, but the Federal Government says it is "well balanced".
Workplace Relations Minister, Bill Shorten, told Workplace Express today that he had not received the report of the Fair Work Act review despite its May 31 deadline.
Macquarie University IR academic Paul Gollan has accused the Coalition of "copping out" after the shadow workplace minister reiterated that the Opposition wasn't ready to release an IR policy, while Gollan also called for urgent action on labour productivity, describing it as "almost a national emergency".
Fair Work Australia has this week knocked back a CFMEU construction and general division Queensland branch bid to seek approval from Brookfield Multiplex workers to take protected action in support of a proposed 37% pay rise over five years.
