An employer has failed in its bid to impose ongoing confidentiality, intellectual property and restraint of trade obligations on its employees via a proposed enterprise agreement, with Fair Work Australia finding the terms would continue after the employment relationship ended and therefore didn't pertain to it.
Bargaining troubles at Alcoa and Rio Tinto; Queensland nurses to disaffiliate from ALP; FWA grants extension over lawyer's error; and $4B bill for UK paid maternity leave changes
The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered the CFMEU (construction and general division) and an organiser to pay penalties totalling $46,200 for ordering a stopwork ahead of a concrete pour on a Melbourne building site, in a ruling that also casts doubt on the place of criminal law-style mitigation pleas in civil proceedings.
Melbourne's Crown Casino has been ordered to reverse a ban on union organisers using its staff dining room to meet with employees and has agreed to reinstate union noticeboards after the LHMU launched legal action.
Australian labour mobility "pretty good", says RBA's Stevens; FWA rejects take home pay bid; New website and URL for FWO; and US labour productivity grew substantially during GFC.
Fair Work Australia has accepted a number of undertakings including a limit on when the employer can stand down workers in approving a deal covering a major meat industry employer and its employees.
Employer groups and unions have expressed cautious support for a federal minister's push to make increased superannuation contributions a focus of resources sector enterprise bargaining, but say it could be difficult to achieve on the ground.
Bench quashes extension of time; FWA hearing on former state awards; UK considering whether to scrap right to request training; UK phasing out "default" retirement age; Court rules on "reasonable disciplinary action" question; and Ride to Work Day approaching fast.
SA to slash 3750 public service jobs; No abandonment of job, says court; FWA makes changes to equal pay timetable; Telstra agreement approved; and Fair Work adverse action provisions not reducing Victorian "employment activity" claims
A Fair Work Australia full bench will on Monday consider how it will from next year begin transitioning employers and employees on what were state awards but are now Division 2B awards into the modern award system.
