The FWO is expecting a spike in calls to its helpline to coincide with the July 1 start to the phase-in of modern award transitional provisions; describes its major employer branch as "an experiment"; and says it is too early to tell whether IFAs are being misused.
Fair Work Australia has rejected a labour-hire agency's proposed enterprise agreement after finding it would cover two distinct and unrelated classes of employees and that it failed the "genuinely agreed" test because part-time office clerks had voted up a deal that also applied to on-hire health workers.
Sending SMS message with web address not good enough; IBM workers win protected action ballot; Queensland Rail employees back to work; Court rules on Fair Work jurisdiction; and FWA issues draft minimum wage determinations
A Federal Court full court majority has bumped up by $20,000 a penalty imposed on the construction union for coercion and unlawful strike action, while the minority judge has questioned the relevance to BCII Act proceedings of concepts drawn from criminal law.
Modern award absorption and overtime phasing cases joined; Unions fail in public holiday appeal; Abetz questions minimum wage calculations; and McDonald moves to Morays.
There is a direct link between the large number of women employed in social and community services and the undervaluation of work in the sector, according to the ASU, which today filed its outline of contentions in the SACS equal pay case.
A challenge this month to FWA's rejection of McDonald's' first national agreement is looming as a major test of the Fair Work Act's approval requirements, with Ai Group seeking to intervene, arguing that Commissioner Donna McKenna's April ruling "threatens the workability of Australia's enterprise bargaining system".
FWA counsels caution on construction redundancies; Full bench upholds Australia Post sacking; Record should have counted in dismissal decision; and Christmas party dismissal unfair
The AEC is the default option for conducting protected action ballots and a union seeking the appointment of a private ballot agent must provide good reasons for doing so, FWA has ruled, in rejecting a union's bid for a quick-turnaround attendance vote.
