In ordering the reinstatement of an "impatient" veteran crane operator sacked after his third safety breach in a year, an FWC member has examined BlueScope Steel's "proactive attitude" to discipline and recommended it negotiate a better process.
The CFMMEU construction and general division's pledge overnight of its "full support" for embattled Victorian branch secretary John Setka has been undercut by the resignation today of his deputy, Shaun Reardon, due to "irreconcilable differences" with his boss.
An employer has failed to establish that a job security clause in a deal rolled out as part of United Voice's Clean Start industry campaign is prohibited, with a court holding that it creates an "absolute obligation" for contract winners to offer jobs to those working under outgoing contracts.
An FWC member hearing a jurisdictional objection in an unfair dismissal case wrongly ruled that he should automatically exclude video evidence that he found had been unlawfully obtained, a full bench has ruled today.
The ACTU has marked the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1969 equal pay case with a pledge to keeping fighting to address the continuing gender pay gap.
A CFMMEU leader awaiting trial on cartel conduct charges has retained his entry permit, after the FWC found it premature to consider the ACCC's "untested allegations".
Sacking a speeding truck driver who hit a kangaroo on a country road was disproportionate to his conduct, the FWC has held, finding he was denied a chance to explain or challenge GPS data.
Most workers on digital platforms are paid per task or job and 40% do not know what they earn per hour, according to Australia's largest national published survey of on-demand work.
