The FSU has launched a freedom of association case against the ANZ over its alleged attempt to gag a branch manager who was also a senior honorary official of the FSU.
A workers compensation insurer has been found by the High Court to be fully liable at common law for an employee's injury, despite his employer taking 17 months to notify it about the incident.
The Australian Writers' Guild, which represents screen and script writers and editors, is to seek registration as a union under the WR Act early next year.
The NSW Government has won passage of new bills to boost employment regulation of outworkers in the clothing industry and pass control of the Joint Coal Board to employers and unions, while it has delayed its changes to the s106 unfair contracts jurisdiction.
A manager who received five weeks pay in lieu of notice when dismissed after 30 years service has won a $130,000 payout after the NSW IRC found his contract unfair and his severance entitlements inadequate.
A Federal Court full bench majority has partially quashed contempt findings against the CFMEU's mining and energy division that led to a $200,000 fine and indemnity costs against the union.
A security guard who accidentally fell asleep on duty has failed to overturn his dismissal because he was "recklessly indifferent" to the possibility of drifting off.
Employers should carefully warn employees of what they are likely to experience if they cross picket lines, according to lawyers, after the NSW Supreme Court awarded a former Patrick manager $87,000 in damages for post-traumatic stress arising from the bitter 1998 waterfront dispute.
Unions are concerned that labour hire companies will seek to have their employment terms and conditions kept secret, after the SA IRC ordered that a labour supplier's enterprise agreement be kept from public view.
