A law firm has failed to overturn the "bulk" of a court decision to award a junior solicitor more than $185,000 in compensation and penalties after his sacking for making almost 250 complaints.
Long-serving MUA national secretary Paddy Crumlin is understood to be well ahead of a rank-and-file challenger in the union's quadrennial elections, which has had problems with misspelt ballot papers and a "whistle-blower complaint" to the FWC's general manager.
Federal Court Chief Justice Debra Mortimer has issued a statement today to defend one of her judges, Mordy Bromberg, after "ill-informed" media coverage of his appointment as president of the law reform commission.
Crown Resorts, which has a payroll of about $700 million, has signed an enforceable undertaking with the FWO that provides for a $350,000 contrition payment to consolidated revenue after a self-reported $1m underpayment to 200 workers at the company's Melbourne and Perth casinos.
A four-member FWC bench failed to properly consider whether an experienced train driver sacked after receiving a two-year community corrections order for high-range drink driving was notified of the reason for his dismissal and given an opportunity to respond, a full Federal Court has found today.
Tugboat operator Svitzer has been ordered to extend a rating's fixed-term contract after the FWC speculated that his senior role at the MUA was the real reason he was the only member of his crew not offered continuing employment.
A leading men's fashion brand is seeking to terminate its 2014 agreement after transferring more than 160 retail employees to the higher-paying award when the deal nominally expired under the mistaken belief that it would automatically stop covering them.
In its first decision since pay secrecy penalties took effect this month, the FWC has rejected an employer's bid to redact a "commercially sensitive" list of clients included in a proposed agreement.
The Senate has today passed the Albanese Government's latest tranche of changes to the Fair Work Act, which include boosting flexible unpaid parental leave from 30 days over 24 months to 100 days.
In a penalty ruling featuring the Fair Work Act's rarely-used "serious contravention" provision, an Indian restaurant operator and its director have been fined $150,000 and $50,000 respectively for "flagrant[ly]" underpaying and demanding cash back from two cooks threatened over their visa status.
