The FSU says it might fork out for an electronic ballot for protected action or push for a no vote on the Commonwealth Bank enterprise agreement after failing to achieve a 50% participation rate in an AEC postal ballot that clashed with Christmas, COVID-19 and mail delays.
Deloitte in defending an auditor's age discrimination case admits telling him it expects partners to retire once they turn 62 but claims he has suffered no loss given he has chosen to stay on.
A judge who took exception to a business being liquidated during an underpayment case was entitled to impose heavier penalties on the owners than sought by the FWO, an appeal court has found.
IR Minister Christian Porter is countenancing changes to his Omnibus IR Bill in negotiations with Senate crossbenchers who are objecting to provisions including those permitting the FWC to temporarily approve BOOT-failing enterprise agreements with terms of up to 24 months.
The High Court is set to hear the challenge by academic Peter Ridd to his sacking for breaching his university's code of conduct when he criticised its climate change research.
Dairy cooperative Norco claims it sacked an HR advisor because she told colleagues its board was considering dismissing its new chief executive and warned them they were on his "hit list", rather than in retaliation for her role in probing complaints against him.
In a significant decision on calculating compensation for unfairly dismissed workers, an FWC bench has concluded that a presidential member failed to properly account for JobSeeker payments or fully articulate the reasoning behind her final figure.
McDonald's, the sole corporation to make a submission to the Omnibus Bill inquiry, is calling for substantial amendments to casual conversion provisions and the BOOT, indicating the legislation's changes to the latter are insufficient to renew its interest in enterprise bargaining.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation says the Morrison Government's Omnibus IR Bill is "sadly lacking" on a range of key measures, including proposed changes to casual employment and the Better Off Overall Test.
Dairy cooperative Norco claims it sacked an HR advisor because she told colleagues its board was considering dismissing its new chief executive and warned them they were on his "hit list", rather than in retaliation for her role in probing complaints against him.
