The NSW public sector granted more than 87% of women's requests for flexible work ahead of COVID-19, according to a large PSA member survey that says the pandemic has proved there is still room for improvement in the Berejiklian Government's "if not why not" policy.
BHP has again failed to win approval for two hotly-contested in-house labour hire deals after a FWC full bench majority rejected further undertakings to address four "genuine agreement" concerns.
A factory worker who maintains his employer is committing "daylight robbery" by taking his colleagues' confidential biometric data has failed in his second attempt at reinstatement.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has made scant use of new powers it won three years ago to conduct compulsory interviews and to prosecute franchisors to help to protect vulnerable workers.
The HSU, in its work value case for 200,000 aged care workers, will argue that a substantial rise in rates of pay is warranted because their work has changed over time while community expectations have risen.
In a significant judgment closely examining the limits of "industrial activity", a full Federal Court led by Chief Justice James Allsop has overturned penalties imposed on two CFMMEU officials for leading a walk-out from a building site that had no separate toilet for a female worker.
Victoria International Container Terminal has asked the High Court to consider whether a full Federal Court brought the administration of justice into disrepute when it failed to find MUA organiser Richard Lunt a "front man" for the union's bid to quash the approval of the stevedore's enterprise agreement.
A full Federal Court has today ordered the CFMMEU's construction and general division Victorian branch to stop alleged "poaching" of members from the union's manufacturing division.
