Fair Work Australia has for the first time found that a petition of employees provides sufficient evidence to justify it making a majority support determination.
A Senate inquiry's government majority has rejected concerns raised by AiG about the state IR referrals legislation and recommended it be passed without delay, while Coalition senators have backed the bill's intent, but say it gives the states an "inherently dangerous" power to control the Fair Work Act's evolution. Meanwhile, the Government has released the multilateral intergovernmental agreement it has made with the states.
The AIRC has abolished modern award clauses that would have left hundreds of thousands of clerks and banking, finance and insurance workers without award coverage on key entitlements including rest breaks and overtime.
Domino's wins bumper bargaining authorisation; Court orders inquiry into ASMOF election; Fair Work laws build on '93 reforms: Gillard; Lahey urges radical rethink on gender equity; Pay equity and State Referral bill reports imminent
Employers can be liable if they unlawfully dismiss an employee because of a genuinely-held belief in climate change, a UK employment appeal tribunal has ruled.
In what it described as "a borderline case", Fair Work Australia has rejected an unfair dismissal claim from a warehouse worker sacked for poor performance - despite finding there was "something to be desired" in the employer's handling of the matter.
Australia Post has lodged an appeal against Fair Work Australia's order last week giving the green light to the CEPU's application for a protected action ballot of its members.
