National retail chain Aldi Foods had grounds to terminate a store manager with notice after he took goods home without paying for them, but its failure to act immediately or to conduct a proper investigation meant there was no basis for summarily dismissing him, FWA has found.
Stevedoring company DP World Sydney failed to act against a supervisor who was a known workplace bully and then unfairly dismissed a clerk he "set up" to fight him on the job, FWA has found.
Wholly-owned BHP Billiton subsidiary Endeavour Coal failed to make genuine efforts to negotiate an agreement with APESMA for salaried mine staff, a FWA full bench has found today in largely upholding a bargaining order against the company.
TCF bill passes Senate; Grocon and union close to enterprise deal; Locked out workers win 4% rises and retain shift loadings; and Court rejects FWO appeal against "no duress" finding.
A Fair Work Australia full bench has accepted that the summary dismissal of a hairdresser whose work performance deteriorated because of his recreational drug-taking was fair, but warned the same conclusion wouldn't necessarily be reached in all cases involving out-of-hours misconduct or drugs.
Two labour hire companies that lost their contracts at a Tooheys site after 20 years have failed to convince Fair Work Australia that the brewery should pay the workers' redundancy.
New bid to resolve Patrick-MUA bargaining stoush; Road Safety Remuneration bills pass lower house, in Senate this evening; AiG says super contributions rise must be traded-off in minimum wage increases; FWA compensates sacked worker for child care costs; and Time extension granted to disabled worker.
A judge correctly defined a former Woolworths finance executive as a middle management employee when he determined the notice period for her dismissal, the WA Court of Appeal has found.
A new report says employers need to "mainstream" flexible work by ditching terms such as "work-life support" and flexible work arrangements" that promote the perception that it is about special treatment for "a select few", such as mothers of infants and young children or workers with significant health challenges.
