Fair Work Australia has refused permission for Freehills to appear at a hearing for an employer client to defend a Fair Work unfair dismissal claim, in a ruling that confirms the new Act's more restrictive approach to legal representation.
In a decision that effectively raises the threshold for securing protected ballot orders, a full bench of Fair Work Australia has today found that the MUA had taken only "preparatory" steps in its negotiations with offshore oil and gas logistics company Total Marine Service - which were not enough to show it had genuinely tried to reach an agreement.
Poultry workers face lockout; ABCC offer to train CFMEU undermines penalty argument: Federal Court; and Ritter ends tenure at WAIRC as Buswell flags changes
John Holland has rejected an ACTU-brokered deal to settle the demarcation dispute between the CFMEU, AMWU and AWU over the West Gate Bridge and is pressing ahead with its legal bid to secure single-union coverage on the site.
Federal Court rejects John Holland bid to strike out CFMEU challenge; Surprise fall in jobless rate; ABCC should pay more attention to underpaid workers, says CFMEU; and New bargaining laws require wider focus, says lawyer.
Fair Work Australia has set out some pointers for practitioners on when it will grant union applications to extend the 30-day protected action period – and the kind of employer arguments that will sometimes persuade it to do otherwise.
A senior public servant who was demoted over his alleged behaviour at a hotel while on a work trip has successfully challenged his department's investigation into his conduct.
The CFMEU has condemned "loopholes" in sham contracting laws after a Melbourne employer successfully defended allegations it unlawfully told two employees they were contractors, in the first decision on provisions introduced by the Howard Government.
Commission hails "Bluescope" dispute resolution model; Election looms for strife-torn HSU branch; Sydney bar owner repays workers $334,000; Organiser holds on to permit despite entry abuses; TWU's Noonan retires; and Qantas to hire 100 new apprentices
A tribunal full bench has upheld a finding that a public hospital victimised a nurse when it tried to teach her "some sort of lesson" by rostering her in a locked psychiatric ward when she returned from maternity leave after giving birth to her third child, but has overturned her $24,000 damages payout.
