A Fair Work Australia full bench has today endorsed the JJ Richards majority's view on interpreting the "genuinely trying" test when the tribunal is considering applications for protected action ballots.
New Zealand's conservative government since its election in 2008 has undermined the country's Employment Relations Act through a variety of "apparently small, inconsequential amendments" - the best known of which is the Hobbit law - according to a former labour minister.
A Fair Work Australia full bench has upheld an unfair dismissal finding against a salon that sacked a hairdresser who sledged it on Facebook, but has allowed its appeal on compensation in one of two payout decisions this week favouring employers.
A company fined $43,000 by the Federal Court three years ago over a secret deal with the NUW has fended off a bid by a rival union to hold discussions in a lunch room or barbecue area that is away from management's gaze.
Employers who give employees ballot material at the same time as they provide them with copies of their proposed enterprise agreements are in breach of the Fair Work Act's agreement-making provisions, according to a FWA decision.
FWA has upheld a multinational corporation's summary dismissal of a worker who fraudulently used carer's leave to have a weekend off, emphasising that such conduct could harm other employees by undermining the employer's trust-based "unlimited" leave policy.
HR director to leave Telstra; Full bench reserves decision in low paid bargaining case; and John Holland OHS prosecution to proceed after bias case rejected.
The Federal Government has agreed in principle to introduce enterprise migration agreements for resources mega-projects; has supported 18-month apprenticeship training programs for 1000 experienced workers; and has opened a $200 million fund to provide training projects for skills in critical demand.
Two employees who withheld a new product idea from their employer, planning to instead leave and develop it themselves in competition with their old company, did not have a duty to disclose it, a Federal Court full court has ruled.
