A union application to inspect an employer's documents under the old IR legislation may not have survived the tighter test under the Fair Work Act, FWA has held.
Majority support determinations cannot be used to resolve disputes about the scope of proposed agreements, a Fair Work Australia full bench has ruled, in a decision that clarifies the Fair Work Act's bargaining framework.
Fair Work Australia has received its first application for a modern enterprise award, the institution's President, Justice Geoffrey Giudice, has revealed.
The Senate has formally required the head of FWA, Justice Geoffrey Giudice, to appear for questioning at future Estimates hearings, after the Coalition this afternoon won backing from Senators Steve Fielding and Nick Xenophon for him to do so.
The Queensland Government has introduced a bill into parliament referring the State's IR powers to Canberra and revealed that any change to the Fair Work laws will be vulnerable to a veto if it is opposed by two-thirds of referring States and Territories.
The AWU has failed in its bid to secure a protected industrial action ballot of its members at Alcoa's Pinjarra alumina refinery in WA after Fair Work Australia found it was seeking unlawful and non-permitted content.
Support for Burrow for key international job; Coalition won't oppose State referral bill subject to inquiry; FWO to go after TWU over Qantas strike; and FWA reserves Australia Post ballot decision.
Fair Work Australia has for the second time rejected an LHMU application for a scope order to require Coca-Cola Amatil Australia to negotiate a single agreement across its South Australian operations.
