IR Minister Tony Burke is meeting with DP World this morning as the company warns its operations are being severely affected by protected action, while the MUA says last week's talks failed to achieve meaningful progress or a formal settlement offer from the company.
A university is seeking to appeal a finding that the NTEU can keep relying on its protected action ballot order even after the scope of its proposed all-in deal changed as a result of one of the workgroups voting up a separate agreement.
Interested parties have until early February to provide feedback on a job security discussion paper published this week as part of the FWC's review of modern awards.
A Federal Court judge has used his farewell to implore lawmakers to reconsider adding to the "arcane overcomplexity and prolixity of important Acts" that render interpreting their intent "beyond understanding".
A CFMEU official has escaped having to personally pay a $7000 fine despite a court accepting that he raised the issue of workers' pay when blocking a non-union contractor's concrete pour.
The Victorian rail union's hope that its new Metro Trains agreement will be replicated across the State's regional network has hit a snag, with negotiations moving into the FWC following industrial action last week.
The FWC has found the sudden illness and death of a worker's UK-based grandmother and immigration concerns warranted a six-day extension to lodge her unfair dismissal application.
Svitzer has failed to convince a FWC full bench that it has an "unfettered" right to choose which category its employees fall into regardless of operating procedures at five ports.
