The IRC has certified each of Brisbane City Council's State and federal agreements, after rejecting union arguments that a valid majority hadn't been reached for the State deal.
The IRC has endorsed the reasonableness of Qantas's "zero tolerance" drugs policy and upheld its dismissal of an international flight attendant for breaching it.
Qantas gears up for big maintenance dispute; WA IRC president speaks out; allegedly ridiculed gay teacher allowed to proceed with discrimination claim; and strippers' union application goes to hearing.
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.
