The CFMEU has failed in its bid to be covered by an enterprise agreement applying to John Holland Rail employees in the Hunter Valley, after confusion over a fax number prevented it giving notice to the employer.
Productivity Commission chair Gary Banks has today defended his organisation's report on executive remuneration, rejecting claims that it was watered down after pressure from government and big business.
A Geelong employer with a "deep-seated antagonism" to unions has been ordered to pay $60,000 to the AMWU for dismissing two workers because of their union activities and a third for seeking improved employment conditions.
FWA compensates worker sacked for alleged intimidation; FWA accepts late claim after representative error; Dismissal complied with small business code; Employee sacked 15 hours short of qualifying for unfair dismissal access; and No exceptional reasons to accept late claim.
DEEWR has launched a guide to help federal government suppliers and officials dealing with tenders to comply with the Fair Work Principles. It also provides model clauses and statements for use in tenders.
Fair Work Australia has found, in an unfair dismissal ruling, that it is "beyond belief" that a major company's HR manager notified her superiors that there was no basis to a sales manager's claims that he was being bullied and harassed, despite failing to conduct an investigation.
Clerical employees at The Age newspaper have walked out today over what they say is an inadequate 2.25% pay offer and the employer's refusal to budge on their demand for a watered-down flexibility clause.
Fair Work Australia has rejected several enterprise agreements that sought to give employees the option of nominating their preferred work hours in exchange for giving up overtime or other penalty rates.
