Government to intervene against McDonald permit bid; Virgin in-sources call centre jobs; CFMEU calls on BHP to settle deal; Barrister new chair of Victorian EOC; and Parlaiment launches FIFO inquiry.
A Fair Work Australia full bench majority has upheld a finding that a company's request that the TWU meet employees in rooms that were close to managers' offices rather than in the lunchroom was reasonable.
Virgin Australia long-haul pilots and flight attendants have overwhelmingly voted up the new three-year agreements that will shift them off “bare bones” common law contracts, while Qantas and the long-haul cabin crew union have agreed to begin negotiations for a new deal 13 months ahead of the old one expiring.
The Federal Court has ordered the CFMEU's construction and general division to pay up to $2.1 million in compensation in penalties for its part in the two day "motelling" strike on Woodside's Pluto LNG project in 2009, warned it not to take any further action on major Woodside projects and rejected a bid by the ABCC to have penalties paid to the Commonwealth.
Most appeals are sufficiently complex to justify granting legal representation, a Fair Work Australia full bench has ruled today in rejecting arguments by an unrepresented public servant who claimed he was a "David" facing an employer "Goliath".
$100m assistance fast-tracked as BlueScope restructure cuts 100 jobs; ACTU backs carbon price, but seeks local content requirements for clean energy infrastructure; and Defence employers win race discrimination exemptions.
A former Pacific Brands executive who made a $9m adverse action claim over alleged bullying and discrimination earlier this year is now also pursuing punitive damages against the company for failing to act against the senior executive she claims was the perpetrator.
