Victorian State Labor MP and former AWU leader Cesar Melhem has agreed to admit eight civil breaches of the law covering union memberships, avoiding a scheduled 12-day trial due to begin tomorrow in the Federal Court.
The Morrison Government's "ensuring integrity" legislation is in "direct violation" of Australia's labour and human rights obligations under international law, according to a legal think tank.
The FWC has in accepting a worker's late unfair dismissal application overlooked her failure to include her former employer in emails seeking numerous time extensions, finding it balanced by her willingness to "engage" with the Commission in pursuing the matter.
"I'm not a racist" claim dismissed; Undertakings seal approval for contentious "future coverage" deal; ACCI seeks more detail behind agreement approval "headlines".
A former top bank executive who purportedly resisted efforts to involve him in a management buy-out of a prominent property business is now chasing substantial compensation through the courts, claiming he was summarily dismissed for alleged misconduct just days after making his case for exit payments.
In a significant decision on agreement variations during transfers of business, an FWC full bench has split on whether Viva Energy had standing to press for a variation given the planned transfer depended on reducing workers' frequency of pay.
A bottle shop attendant told by her manager that she would not be able to work in a bar while pregnant because it was "a bad look" has been awarded almost $40,000 in compensation and penalties, a court finding there was "no doubt" the employer breached adverse action provisions.
Almost two years after initially considering a civil construction deal containing a contentious "future coverage" clause ultimately found to be lawful, the FWC has signalled it expects to approve it pending undertakings to deal with CFMMEU concerns.
An academic found to have been unlawfully dismissed by James Cook University over criticisms of prominent climate research has been awarded more than $1.2 million, the presiding judge excoriating the institution over its "egregious abuse of power" and public statements intended to "sow doubt" about his findings.
