The Coalition will seek the Senate's backing to force former Fair Work Australia general manager, now Commissioner, Tim Lee to appear before Senate Estimates for questioning next week over the tribunal's HSU inquiry.
In the latest development as FWA prepares to arbitrate the main agreement for Victorian public sector workers, CPSU Victoria has asked for a ruling on whether parties can change the items agreed at the end of the mandatory 21-day negotiating period.
Senior employment lawyer Graham Smith says the Fair Work Act has "largely met its objectives", but is calling for changes to make individual flexibility agreements more effective, reduce union power in negotiating greenfield agreements and lower the "significant economic harm" threshold for suspending industrial action.
Determination of Victorian PS wage agreement moves closer; Victorian nurses won't pursue further protected action; BHP Coal workers vote to go out again; Qantas says Xenophon bill will kill services connecting key tourist centres; PC issues timeline for default super funds inquiry; and Victorian construction industry needs ABCC left alone, says Victorian Government submission.
A training company whose directors had "a propensity for ill-considered and emotional decision-making" on employment-related matters has been found by the Federal Magistrates Court to have unlawfully terminated the employment of its general manager while on she was on sick leave.
High Court to hear Barclay adverse action case next month; CFMEU, Palmer, donate $1 million to major parties; FWA releases HSU-related emails; Paper cites AMMA statistics in cautioning about economic modelling; Schofield, Kutasi pulling up stumps; and Equal remuneration won't open the floodgates, says boutique IR law firm.
Senate committee hearings into two federal IR bills – which replace the ABCC with a new watchdog and strengthen TCF outworker protection - have concluded ahead of parliament resuming next week, while the AiG has strongly criticised the government's road safety remuneration legislation.
While HR practitioners were initially optimistic that Fair Work Act teething issues would dissipate over time, a survey conducted late last year shows that HR professionals are spending more time than anticipated dealing with issues arising from the legislation.
The owners of a Sydney printing company who fired an employee because of the "inconvenience" her pregnancy caused have been fined more than $22,000 by the Federal Court for breaching the Fair Work Act's adverse action provisions.
Fair Work Australia received more than 650 general protections applications in each of the last three quarters, while unfair dismissal claims continued to rise and agreement-making increased substantially, new tribunal data reveals.
