The Fair Work Ombudsman has successfully prosecuted another sham contracting case, this one involving an abattoir owner which, the Federal Court found, moved employees from one internal company to another to avoid both past and future liability for employee entitlements.
The AiG's Peter Nolan, in a speech to the Victorian IR Society last week, warned employers against leaving it too late to take bargaining disputes to FWA, the ACTU's Tim Lyons sought to dispel "lies" about the Fair Work Act; ABC Commissioner Leigh Johns decried the failure of a key pattern deal to address productivity; and leading silk Herman Borenstein urged employers to think carefully before commencing legal action.
Caltex is taking the AWU to the Federal Court to stop what it says is "disruptive" unprotected industrial action at its Lytton refinery in Brisbane, despite the union claiming the action is based on a genuine safety dispute.
There were ten applicants on the shortlist for the three Fair Work Australia Commissioner appointments announced in September, Senate Estimates has heard, while DEEWR has also revealed that it has changed the way it recruits tribunal members.
The WA Government has reiterated that it won't be pursuing a Work Choices-style IR regime when it reforms the state system and has confirmed that it will be reducing the size of the state IR tribunal.
Commonwealth Ombudsman Allan Asher has declined a request by ABC Commissioner Leigh Johns to oversee the building watchdog's exercise of its compulsory examination powers under s52 of the BCII Act.
Fair Work Australia is on track to complete its investigations into the HSU by the end of the year but has not yet decided whether it will make its report public, a heated Senate Estimates session heard this morning.
The Fair Work Ombudsman is investigating whether Jetstar entities have breached the Fair Work Act by using foreign-based flight and cabin crew on domestic routes, it confirmed in a Senate Estimates hearing today.
Dismissal decision quashed over HR manager's emails to FWA; Fair to fire "stubborn" driver; FWA upholds prison guard sacking after "unhappy" physical incident; and Centrelink worker with psychological disorder fails to reverse dismissal.
