WA's top industrial court has overturned a ruling by a State IRC full bench that had opened the way for sacked executives to claim in the tribunal for shares and options they were entitled to under their employment contracts.
The CFMEU (construction division) has lost the latest round in its five-year bid to extend its coverage into the AWU's traditional turf of civil and mechanical engineering, but will keep the long-running legal battle going.
A NSW IRC full bench has upheld a decision to reinstate a sacked worker, after taking into account his promise to resign his union delegate role to prevent further conflict with management.
The ballot for the NUW elections opens today, coinciding with legal action by the NSW branch over allegations that union resources have been used to fund the campaign.
The Federal Court has ruled that the AMWU national council had the power to suspend the Victorian branch secretary Craig Johnston and appoint an administrator in his place.
About 150 workers at a not-for-profit enterprise will receive six weeks paid parental leave for both parents of a baby, in an agreement provision that the parties say is a first.
In a ruling that should serve as a warning for employers, the Federal Court has found chemical company Orica unlawfully discriminated against a female employee when it failed to return her to the same job after maternity leave.
The IRC has begun hearing a CEPU application for a s127 order to prevent Australia Post from allegedly directing employees to take extended sick leave when it believes they are unfit for duty.
