Fashion chain Cotton On has posted an apology on its Facebook page and provided $278,000 in back-pay to more than 3000 employees it admits it failed to pay for attending training sessions and staff meetings outside of work hours.
An employee who got off to a bad start with the new owners of the meat processing company where he had worked for 17 years and a club supervisor with 10 years' service who was laid off a month after another employee was hired were both genuinely made redundant, FWA has found.
Telstra has warned its employees against joining conference calls uninvited, in the wake of CEPU allegations that a small number of the telco's managers had secretly dialled-in to union phone hook-ups.
The FWO has, for the first time, intervened to support a company being forced into liquidation in order to ensure employees who lost their jobs when a factory closed were eligible for GEERS.
A mining company was entitled to rely on a handwriting expert's analysis of racist remarks scrawled on a crib room whiteboard in summarily dismissing a long-standing employee, Fair Work Australia has found.
A Rio Tinto subsidiary didn't stand down a mineworker when he refused to move from a 40-hour roster to 44 hours; it merely accepted his refusal to work, a Federal Court full bench has found.
The CEPU has complained to the Australian Federal Police and is seeking Fair Work Australia's intervention over allegations that Telstra managers secretly listened-in to union phone hook-ups.
A senior manager and his employer breached freedom of association laws when they refused to pay a receptionist award rates and told her to resign if she wanted to pursue the matter, the Federal Magistrates Court has found.
Bargaining disputes at the University of NSW and Victoria University have escalated after the institutions stood down employees for participating in bans on transmitting students' results.
