In an important ruling for unions with state entities, a full Federal Court has today overturned a decision that blocked NSW ETU members from electing the CEPU electrical division's national leaders and limited their role in the organisation's governance.
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and Sky News will be able to rely on John Setka's alleged participation at rallies and blockades when they fight the CFMEU official's defamation action against them, after the Victorian Supreme Court refused to strike out parts of their defences.
Teleworking could provide new labour supply for employers; Canberra Casino neglected psychologically vulnerable croupier, Court finds; and Corbell returns to IR portfolio in ACT.
A new report commissioned by the McKell Institute rebuffs calls for further labour market deregulation to increase productivity and advocates three efficiency-boosting strategies, including new measures to improve managerial skills and develop the skills of workers.
Fair Work Australia has thrown out an unfair dismissal application from a security guard at The Star casino in Sydney, confirming that employees should not distribute hard core pornography in the workplace whether or not they are aware of employer policies.
Fair Work Australia has again refused to include private sector lawyers within the coverage of the Legal Services modern award, finding that the ASU had not presented cogent evidence to overturn their exclusion in the initial modernisation process.
ETU Victorian branch seeks green light for election inquiry; Court rejects bid to halt CFMEU WA election; Union-owned law firm model one year on; and VP Watson among conference speakers.
A FWA full bench has divided over whether an enterprise agreement can be approved if the required notice of employee representational rights fails to refer to unions as default bargaining agents.
FWA says "exceptional circumstances" warrant backdating of pay rises for non-junior integrated ratings working on offshore resource projects to reflect the 2012 national minimum wage decision, while the tribunal has made substantial changes to the modern award covering the cinema industry.
The Queensland Government has failed in a bid to argue that public sector powers available to departmental chief executives when dealing with public service employees suffering from a mental or physical incapacity effectively override the State's anti-discrimination legislation.
