CFMEU members at Rio Tinto's Blair Athol coal mine in central Queensland are planning industrial action that could include shift-length strikes from "as early as possible" next week, in a bid to secure the same redundancy package as employees on individual arrangements ahead of the mine's closure.
A new enterprise agreement covering some 90 Victorian child care centres and more than 1700 child care educators offers "superior pay and conditions" to previous agreements, but employer concerns about the improved conditions ultimately meant that only one-third of Victoria's not-for-profit centres have signed onto the deal.
The Federal Court has reinstated a BHP Coal machinery operator who was dismissed after holding up an anti-"scab" sign at protests at the Saraji coal mine in Queensland's Bowen Basin during this year's hard-fought enterprise bargaining round.
A senior international courier service employee who was previously found guilty of contempt over pressure he applied to settle his unfair dismissal claim has won tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid overtime, under the now rarely used NSW unfair contracts jurisdiction.
Submissions due Tuesday on review bill; Late claim allowed over FWA-FWO confusion; Employer denied costs for shifting allegations in age-related dismissal; and more.
A Federal Court judge has rejected an adverse action claim from six Qantas licensed aircraft maintenance engineers who "cloaked" industrial action as an aviation safety issue.
In an important ruling on out-of-hours conduct, a tribunal full bench has upheld the reinstatement of a senior prison officer who was dismissed after his third conviction for domestic violence.
