Toyota mass meeting to kick off industrial action; New rules and scrutiny for fly-in, fly-out workers; Lloyd returns to IR with new role at IPA; ACTU and Greens call for broader representation on Reserve Bank; Wave Hill anniversary acknowledged; and Early bird closes on Friday for biennial national IR society conference.
In a significant adverse decision, the Federal Court has rejected a sacked employee's argument that his common law contract alone gave him a workplace right under the Fair Work Act's general protections.
Giudice Estimates debate adjourned; ETU ballot closes Monday; Desal parent company drawn into battle over redundancies; and Victorian Government called on to invest in workforce.
The requirement on Fair Work Australia President, Justice Geoffrey Giudice, to appear before Senate Estimates for questioning is set to end when Parliament resumes next month.
Government to intervene against McDonald permit bid; Virgin in-sources call centre jobs; CFMEU calls on BHP to settle deal; Barrister new chair of Victorian EOC; and Parlaiment launches FIFO inquiry.
A Fair Work Australia full bench majority has upheld a finding that a company's request that the TWU meet employees in rooms that were close to managers' offices rather than in the lunchroom was reasonable.
Virgin Australia long-haul pilots and flight attendants have overwhelmingly voted up the new three-year agreements that will shift them off “bare bones” common law contracts, while Qantas and the long-haul cabin crew union have agreed to begin negotiations for a new deal 13 months ahead of the old one expiring.
The Federal Court has ordered the CFMEU's construction and general division to pay up to $2.1 million in compensation in penalties for its part in the two day "motelling" strike on Woodside's Pluto LNG project in 2009, warned it not to take any further action on major Woodside projects and rejected a bid by the ABCC to have penalties paid to the Commonwealth.
