Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard would be able to direct the building industry watchdog to focus its resources on non-compliance hotspots such as the recent unlawful strike on the Pluto LNG project under new amendments Labor is proposing to its BCII Act reform bill, but the Opposition says the power could be abused.
A line haul train driver who failed an alcohol test after claiming to have drunk only two stubbies of beer has failed in his bid to have Fair Work Australia overturn his dismissal.
The federal government, the AiG and ACCI have confirmed plans to intervene in the appeal against the Woolworths decision, while the ACTU says it is still considering whether it will seek to take part.
In a ruling that could open the door for more legal challenges against decisions of the NSW IRC, the High Court has upheld a NSW farm owner's appeal against OHS convictions stemming from the death of one its employees in a vehicle accident.
A BHPB team leader sacked for not enforcing safety procedures at the company's Port Hedland iron ore operation has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected, despite FWA accepting that what occurred on his watch was relatively common across all shifts.
Fair Work Australia has declined to approve an enterprise agreement after finding the employer could unilaterally change the content of a HR manual to reduce employees' entitlements to allowances and public holiday pay rates.
Employers must give each individual employee a notice of representational rights, Fair Work Australia has ruled, casting doubt on an earlier decision that the notices could be distributed by more general means such as noticeboards.
The first Fair Work agreements approved by the independent umpire in the three months to September 30 last year provided average pay rises of 3.5% a year, while greenfields deals under the new Act paid 4.3%, according to new DEEWR data.
A court has found that IT giant Unisys repudiated a highly-paid executive's employment contract when it unilaterally demoted him to a new role, but has refused his $175,000 severance claim.
The MUA and offshore oil and gas vessel operator Total Marine Services have reached in-principle agreement on a new pay deal, in a move likely to open the floodgates to a wave of agreements in the sector.
