Employer fined $20,000 for underpayments; Schmitke continues as Coalition IR policy advisor; Change to Fair Work Australia Rules; Federal Court orders injunction against CFMEU and McDonald; and Court clears way for McJannett to pursue defamation case against former newspaper editor
Fair Work Australia has ordered Lion Nathan subsidiary Boag's Brewing to reinstate a worker it dismissed after wrongly deciding he was unable to perform the inherent requirements of his job based on a consultant's flawed assessment.
Fair Work Australia has ordered a mining cartage contractor to pay a truck driver two weeks compensation, after finding it sacked him prematurely for failing a drug test and should have given him a fortnight to provide a clean result.
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.
