The Federal Magistrates Court has imposed heavy fines on a former Queensland BLF official who assaulted the chief operating officer of a construction company.
FWA has refused to vary the retail modern award to cut casuals' minimum shift lengths from three to two hours, despite finding that the move to a three-hour minimum had harmed young people's employment prospects in some parts of regional Australia.
An employer has been ordered to pay a young fibreglass technician almost $26,000 in compensation and damages for unlawfully sacking him after seven month s of employment because of his age.
The National Retail Association has failed in an extraordinary bid to have FWA Commissioner Ingrid Asbury step aside from matters involving it because of apprehended bias, while she has blamed the "non-responsive" employer group for delays in approving its members' agreements.
A new policy research paper sounds a note of caution on governments championing "green" jobs, saying they are a product of good environmental policy but that the reverse isn't true - jobs labelled as green don't necessarily deliver environmental benefits.
Three truck drivers who secured variations to their contracts in the first Independent Contractors Act ruling have won a combined $100,000 in damages, in a ruling that clarifies the broad nature of the Federal Magistrates Court's jurisdiction to deal with such claims.
NAB to pay super contributions during unpaid parental leave; Wattyl workers return after 24-hour stoppage; After 20 months, Tahmoor dispute "ready to escalate again"; and Bowtell preselected for Melbourne.
The FWO has for the first time used new Fair Work Act powers to prosecute a Sydney employer for allegedly discriminating against a pregnant employee, and has announced a national campaign to inform pregnant women of their rights at work.
