The Commonwealth Ombudsman is investigating a complaint by the HR Nicholls Society over the length of time it has taken FWA to carry out its HSU investigations.
A former building union official who withdrew his unfair dismissal application because he was confident an internal appeal would succeed has been refused an extension of time to proceed with a subsequent application.
NSW passenger train operator Railcorp has given an undertaking to review its recruitment processes, after Human Rights Commissioner Catherine Branson found it discriminated against an applicant for a market analyst position because of two criminal drink-driving offences in the previous eight years.
The AiG has applied to Fair Work Australia to extend the model award flexibility clause to allow for individual arrangements on taking leave and cashing out annual leave.
The Fair Work Ombudsman is seeking leave to appeal a Federal Magistrates Court ruling that could restrict its ability to prosecute non-underpayment breaches of the Workplace Relations Act in NSW.
The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered a disability support organisation to pay a worker $44,000 in damages and interest for discriminating against her because of her pregnancy and childcare responsibilities, while its board must issue a written apology.
Wage rises in private sector enterprise agreements lodged in last year's September quarter dropped to 3.8% a year, after deals covering more than 100,000 workers in the retail, health care and leisure industries drove the average downwards, according to DEEWR.
Opposition calls for FWA to release HSU details to police; Tasmanian PS union members accept government wages restraint, while battle continues in Victoria and NSW; and CFMEU seeking to boost apprentice wages via award review, as MBA pushes for coverage changes.
CFMEU Queensland construction and general division members employed by Grocon will take protected industrial action from tomorrow in protest at the company's unilateral plan to seek employee approval for a proposed enterprise agreement.
