Employer moves to proceed with litigation against workers involved in the Pluto motelling dispute and adopt a tough approach to discipline have created a powder keg environment on building sites across WA's north-west, unions claim.
Two female employees have launched legal action over repeated bullying, abuse and discrimination they allegedly suffered over several years while working for a government-owned agency responsible for managing Australia's air traffic.
Coalition flags paid parental leave changes; Gillard defends her position against leaks; DEEWR out until after election; Tasmania's minimum wage increased to federal level; and CPI lower than expected.
The CFMEU's construction and general division, the AMWU and three officials have until September 10 to pay penalties totalling $1.325 million plus costs after the Federal Court today approved a settlement reached with the ABCC over their role in the West Gate Bridge dispute.
An Adelaide company has lost its appeal against a $466,000 sexual harassment damages ruling, failing in the process to convince the Federal Court to hear new evidence on its former employee's conviction for social security fraud.
Unions and Australia Post after three years of at times bitter bargaining have reached in-principle agreement on a deal that delivers the corporation's 30,000-plus employees a pay increase of up to 10% over three years.
Arnott’s Biscuits has successfully defended its move to suspend three employees for a month instead of summarily dismissing them, after the Federal Court rejected the workers' challenge under the Fair Work Act's adverse action provisions.
A Fair Work Australia full bench has clarified the threshold for appealing unfair dismissal rulings under the Fair Work Act, after it rejected a pharmaceutical company's appeal despite finding it might have taken different approach to the first instance decision-maker on some key issues.
TWU fined $35,000 over Qantas strike; Boss taking job a genuine redundancy: FWA; CFMEU, McDonald, took unlawful action, Federal Court finds; and NSW rail workers approve protected action
