A failure by former ABC Commissioner John Lloyd to lawfully delegate his functions internally meant the watchdog's notice requiring rigger Ark Tribe to attend a compulsory interview was invalid, the Adelaide Magistrates Court has ruled.
Fair Work Australia is yet to rule on whether employees and their representatives can take protected industrial action against an employer that refuses to bargain, but its past decisions hint at the direction it might take, according to a leading labour law academic.
Ark Tribe, the first rank and file building worker to be charged and face jail for failing to attend a compulsory ABCC interview, has this morning been found not guilty.
FWA seeking feedback on wage review timetable; Gillard seeks to quell disquiet over equal pay; and Employee wins access to GEERS following reinstatement.
A female hairdresser who was sexually harassed by her male boss has won $20,000 in damages, plus costs, after a ruling by a full bench of the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal.
Greens IR spokesperson and key lower house crossbench member Adam Bandt has today floated some proposals to shift IR regulation onto what he contends would be a "more sustainable" footing.
Part of desal workforce back on job tomorrow; Low paid bargaining case begins; ACTU pushing to boost bargaining rights; and New national president for MBA.
Fair Work Australia's only full bench ruling on whether employers can bypass unions during good faith bargaining and deal directly with employees is so narrow in scope that it has left the door open for further consideration of the issue, a CFMEU legal officer told Friday's Australian Labour Law Association conference in Adelaide.
Workplace Relations Minister Senator Chris Evans says Labor is focused on bedding down the Fair Work Act, while his Coalition counterpart, Senator Eric Abetz, says it will be up to others to campaign for reform of the legislation.
A test case clarifying the operation of the general protections provisions might help increase the flow of such claims to federal courts, according to Federal Magistrate and former Fair Work Australia member Dominica Whelan.
