CFMEU administrators who are blocking a FWO attempt to investigate whether the union boycotted an AWU-aligned Indigenous building company must hand over documents after a judge accused them of a "hyper-critical dissection" of a contested notice to produce.
A decorated scientist whose job offer was withdrawn after becoming the subject of a workplace investigation has failed to persuade the FWC that despite the absence of a signed contract, an all-staff announcement and time spent at meetings related to the role established an employment relationship.
Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has hinted at further IR election policies, while accusing the Liberal Party of directly lifting commitments to slash the public service and wind back WFH, diversity and inclusion policies from Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency playbook.
A union member acting as a maintenance contractor's health and safety representative has won interim reinstatement while the Federal Court weighs claims that the company sacked him for raising complaints about everything from silica dust exposure to welding fumes and fatigue management.
The FWC has refused to confine same-job, same-pay orders at a BHP coal mine to haul truck drivers, because the site's industrial instruments do not use the term and on-hire employees perform various other roles.
An ASIC review of super funds that hold almost 40% of funds under management has found none of them set deadlines or timelines for handling of death benefit claims and that the worst performers completed only 8% of applications within 90 days.
Ahead of the May 3 election, the ETU has today launched anti-nuclear-power television, radio and social media commercials that target 12 largely marginal seats, including that of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of an employee who worked outside the scope of her role - potentially exposing her employer to liability - despite "defects" in the employer's processes.
A leading IR academic says the Liberal Party might for the first time since 2013 present "something that looks like an IR platform" in the lead-up to the May 3 federal election, while he expects Labor to largely focus on what it has already accomplished.
RAFFWU has asked a full Federal Court today to void the Woolworths "rotten SDA sellout deal" that it claimed stripped workers' rights, froze wages and cut conditions.
