The CFMEU (FFTS division) has successfully relied on a rarely used unlawful termination provision to win reinstatement for a member who was sacked after he took a complaint to it about his treatment at work.
Employers are using post-fairness test AWAs to remove penalty rates without providing fair compensation, according to new analysis by Western Australia's Fair Employment Advocate.
The WA IRC is set to win new powers to mediate disputes and widen its ability to hear denied contractual benefits claims, after three pieces of workplace legislation passed the State's lower house.
Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard marked the 100th anniversary today of the Harvester judgement by releasing a 28-page dossier saying Treasurer Peter Costello would take the Work Choices changes even further if he became Prime Minister.
Parental leave will be extended to grandparents and employees will be able to request taking twice their annual leave at half pay under the Coalition's IR policy for the election announced by Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey today.
Woolworths was justified in summarily dismissing a store manager for drinking two beers during his lunch break because he breached an express term of his contract of employment banning alcohol consumption during working hours, the AIRC has ruled.
Pay rises in private sector federal agreements lodged in the June quarter have exceeded 4% annually for the first time in 12 months, according to data released by DEWR today that coincides with the Reserve Bank lifting interest rates and saying wage growth has been "contained".
NSW's State Transit Authority was justified in sacking a bus driver for using her hand-held two-way radio while in control of a 16-tonne bus carrying a full load of passengers, a tribunal has ruled.
The ABCC is seeking fines of up to $12,000 for 67 individual workers who defied orders to return to work on the Perth to Mandurah railway construction project, while CFMEU WA branch assistant secretary Joe McDonald yesterday again faced a court over a trespass charge.
