WA teachers back down on NAPLAN threat… for now; McDonald's to appeal agreement rejection; and After 21 years, Evans steps down from HR Nicholls Society leadership.
The Federal Court has rejected an adverse action claim by a CEO seeking to stop her organisation pursuing its investigation into bullying allegations against her, despite finding she was her employer's bargaining representative and therefore had workplace rights under the Fair Work Act.
FWA weighs in on teachers' NAPLAN ban; Casuals breaking ban could face "hostile" environment, says union; Bowtell takes senior OHS role; Lawrence outlines employment security agenda; and FWA hiring new conciliators
The Federal Government should adopt a national 20-year productivity target and require that cost-benefit analyses be conducted before adopting policies aimed at boosting efficiency, according to a bipartisan report by a House of Representatives committee.
The ASU has secured a majority support determination to force IBM to the bargaining table, in what could be the first time the company will negotiate with a union for an enterprise agreement for its Australian operations.
FWO guide to phasing in modern awards; Government moves toward single anti-discrimination law; No results from Gillard, AEU meeting; and Free bound copies of QIRC decisions.
A senior executive has won an $800,000 damages payout after his former employer, a national equipment hire company, shunted him aside during an ownership change, in a ruling that confirms the validity of "conditional" notices of termination or resignation.
One in five - or more than two million - of Australia's 10.7 million workers are now casuals and one million more are independent contractors, according to ABS data released today.
The Federal Court has refused Alcoa's application for an interim injunction to prevent the AWU continuing with its bargaining tactic of notifying work stoppages at a WA refinery without specifying a start or end time, which in effect forced the company to take worst-case-scenario defensive action.
Fair Work Australia has reinstated a tram conductor who was dismissed for assaulting a passenger who repeatedly ignored requests to stop preventing the vehicle's doors from closing.
