NTEU members have resolved to hit seven Victorian universities with industrial action targeting their open days, including one institution that failed to convince the FWC not to grant the union a protected action ballot order.
In a decision closely examining when a demotion amounts to a dismissal, the FWC has found that a legal centre sacked a practice manager when as a disciplinary measure it moved her to a social worker/counsellor position and shaved more than $16,000 from her pay.
The ACTU's national executive has swung its weight behind the Rugby League Players Association in its deadlocked bargaining dispute with the NRL, calling for the game's administrators to halt their "union-busting" and engage an independent mediator or go to the FWC.
Offshore Alliance unions will seek their members' authorisation for industrial action on Woodside's LNG platforms off the coast from Karratha in Western Australia's north-west.
IR Minister Tony Burke has hit back at claims that the Albanese Government is failing to conduct adequate consultations on its labour law amendments, while also using a speech to the Sydney Institute to address persistent "scare campaigns".
The TWU has called for employees of Virgin Australia to share the gains from the forthcoming initial public offering of shares in the revived airline, including through an annual share scheme worth $1000 a year.
In a powerful demonstration of the consequences of ignoring FWC recommendations, a court has ordered an employer to pay more than $50,000 in penalties and compensation after it failed to act on a commissioner's call to provide a teacher with details of an investigation before sacking her for allegedly tugging the earlobes of two students.
The FWC has killed off a zombie deal at the request of a leading men's fashion brand that transferred its retail workforce to the higher-paying award in 2019 in the mistaken belief the agreement stopped applying on its nominal expiry.
A court has extended time for two Coopers Brewery workers to challenge their dismissal for failing to comply with the company's COVID-19 vaccination policy, despite their "confused" explanation for the delay.
