The AMIEU has lost its appeal against an earlier finding that it was reasonable for a company to require it to meet workers in a training room next to the HR manager's office. But a Fair Work Australia full bench has warned against accepting employers' hearsay evidence on employees' attitude to union visits; held that an employer's "mere concern" that a union wouldn't talk only to interested workers wasn't enough to refuse it use of the lunch-room; and said that notifying abattoir employees of a visit via a legalistic bulletin was inappropriate.
High Court verdict in Maurice Blackburn injury case; Walk-off at Victorian desalination plant; Wages cap for Tasmanian public servants; and Paid parental leave anniversary.
The ACTU has called for superannuation changes to address the "erosion" of employees' retirement savings through management fees, and flagged an increased focus by unions on ensuring that funds are directed to companies with good IR and environmental records.
Rejecting resigning employee’s leave claim leads to unfair dismissal; Employer avoids redundancy pay by finding jobs; Sacking complies with small business code; and Glassworkers allowed to seek redress in two tribunals.
The Federal Magistrates Court and the Human Rights Commission have both rejected a prospective police officer's claims that the NSW Police Force discriminated against him on the basis of race - including his accent - during the recruitment process.
An MUA official has won the right to be the bargaining representative for a group of oil & gas employees whose work is outside the union's coverage, with Fair Work Australia holding there was nothing in the Fair Work Act that prevented it.
Giving full-time Qantas administrative employees preference in the allocation of overtime does not discriminate against women because most full-time workers are female, Fair Work Australia has ruled.
