Burger chain Grill'd has failed to convince the FWC to approve its enterprise deal, after offering undertakings that would have left some workers $3.10 better off a week, up from 77 cents, while the SDA is seeking to terminate 15 of the company's agreements and is asking it to return to the bargaining table.
The FWC has ordered BHP to reinstate a mineworker sacked after punching a colleague who attacked him from the back seat of a twincab ute, finding he had a right to defend himself and the investigator should have kept an open mind when considering his explanation.
In a judgment raising the possibility that State workplace protections could extend to independent contractors under the Fair Work Act, Federal Court Chief Justice Debra Mortimer has today dismissed Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's bid to strike out a freelance pianist's adverse action claim that it discriminated against him by cancelling a performance after he accused Israel of committing war crimes.
The Greens' longstanding IR spokesperson and leader, Adam Bandt has failed to retain his lower house seat, as counting continues from Saturday's federal election.
An aged care home has been ordered to pay almost $400,000 in damages and penalties to a Chinese nurse summarily sacked after she complained that Filipino co-workers received more favorable treatment.
The QNMU says the Crisafulli Liberal Government has reneged on a commitment to maintain "nation-leading" wages and conditions for the State's nurses and midwives, with an offer that will leave two-thirds of them worse off in three years and hand the competitive edge to Victoria.
The Fair Work Act's compensation cap has operated inequitably to allow Guzman y Gomez to "benefit from its poor treatment" of a hard-working casual denied shifts while a HR manager maintained she remained employed, a senior FWC member has found.
The SDA has applied to terminate two expired Grill'd agreements it claims leave thousands of workers up to 37% worse off than under the award, while the union awaits a FWC decision on whether to approve a proposed replacement deal the company failed to adequately explain to its young workforce.
The FWC will by the end of the year hold a three-to-four-week hearing of a SDA bid to lift junior rates in the retail, fast food and pharmacy awards for under-18 workers and abolish them altogether for adults, after employers sought more time to respond to the "most significant proposal" to target these workers.
A Melbourne stockbroking firm and its founder have been hit with compensation orders and penalties totalling more than $600,000, a Federal Court judge also directing them to cover the legal costs of two former advisors forced to defend "fanciful" claims their departure "destroyed" the business.
