Fair Work Australia has rejected a cleaner's claim that she suffered reduced pay rates, penalties and working hours under the industry's modern award, in the tribunal's first ruling on the Fair Work legislation's take-home pay provisions.
Four more years for Giles; New shadow IR minister for SA; Petition shows majority support, says FWA; and Employers need evidence of attention to young workers, FWA warns.
Parliament should legislate to resolve the tension between what the FW Act's explanatory memorandum says on permitted content in bargaining and Fair Work Australia's ruling in the CEPU No. 1 case, according to barrister Robert Reitano and lawyer Emma Maiden.
Sacking by SMS a genuine redundancy; Village Cinemas still the authority on genuine redundancy; No power to allow entry to investigate dismissal; Big employer wins right to be represented; Pharma company to reinstate worker sacked over safety failure; and Dismissal upheld of worker who failed to provide details about absence.
A court has found the Commonwealth Bank did not breach a former state sales manager's AWA when it dismissed him over an alleged incident with a female probationary employee he was mentoring.
The CFMEU (construction and general division) has largely failed in its bid to overturn key elements of the entry regime at Woodside's Pluto LNG project, after Fair Work Australia rejected its arguments that employer representatives were intimidating workers and unreasonably limiting where it could meet with workers.
The FWO, which today come under fire from the Opposition for launching a retailers compliance campaign ahead of a Fair Work Australia decision on the sector's modern award, is creating a new branch to focus exclusively on large, national enterprises and franchise operations, according to ombudsman Nick Wilson.
Telstra acted fairly in dismissing a senior HR advisor for dealing improperly with a confidential document that indicated she faced redundancy in a proposed restructure, Fair Work Australia has found.
