BHP's massive iron ore mining operations in Western Australia's north-west might be facing strikes and bans in coming weeks, if train drivers authorise industrial action in a forthcoming electronic ballot.
Welcome ceremonies for two new FWC members have heard how one had her play about striking migrant workers shortlisted and performed in an arts competition, while the other cultivated his passion for IR while spending almost a decade as a casual at Woolworths.
DP World is calling on the MUA to call off further protected action at the company's container terminals from Sunday to enable further bargaining negotiations, warning it is actively looking into "alternatives" to maintain services.
A judge has lambasted an embassy's failed attempt to strike out sham contracting claims as a "waste of time" and public resources, accusing it of wanting "to keep their immunity cake and to eat it too".
In a significant decision for Australian companies hiring workers overseas, the FWC has allowed an Argentina-based chief operating officer's adverse action case to proceed after finding the employment contract was formed when an email accepting the job offer was opened in Sydney.
Apple has won approval of a new agreement to replace a 2014 deal targeted for termination by RAFFWU, after a full bench rejected the unregistered union's claims that its part-time provisions create a "flexi-insecure" arrangement akin to casual employment.
FWC hearings are set to be turned up to 11 after one of the tribunal's newest members, described by a union leader as possibly the "loudest" person she's ever worked with, confessed he "wanted to be" Gene Simmons, singer of heavy metal band Kiss.
Qantas chair Richard Goyder will step down next year as the airline seeks to recover from "significant reputational and customer service issues facing the group", which include the High Court finding the outsourcing of about 1700 ground crew was unlawful.
A Channel 10 executive producer has failed to convince the Federal Court that the broadcaster should have paid her an extra $400,000 under its significantly more generous enterprise agreement redundancy pay provisions, rather than the NES entitlement she received.
"Platforms are clipping the ticket" and "taking more off the top than what they should be", the HSU's national secretary told the Senate Closing Loopholes Bill inquiry today, expressing his support for the legislation's employee-like provisions.
