The FWC reduced its agreements backlog by more than two-thirds in the first seven months of the year, making recent criticism by commentators "substantially out of date", according to the tribunal's president.
In a decision exploring fairness in workplace investigations, a senior public sector lawyer accused of non-work related database searches and haranguing a colleague to accept his Facebook friend request has failed to establish that agreement terms were incorporated into his contract.
Clubs Victoria Inc has sought to be dissolved after a ROC investigation found it "likely" breached the Registered Organisations Act's reporting and recording provisions 29 times over three years, with the watchdog considering civil penalties.
A full Federal Court has ruled today that a pair of 12-hour shift workers at a Cadbury chocolate factory are entitled to 10 calendar days of paid personal/carer's leave, rather than a lesser amount argued by their employer and the Federal IR Minister.
The Federal Court has stayed an Indigenous organisation's bid to impose penalties under the Fair Work Act on two former senior employees who allegedly defrauded it of almost $1 million, until the determination of criminal charges in another jurisdiction.
An employer's advice to workers ahead of bargaining that they would be out of a job and in labour hire if the CEPU negotiated a new deal was "forceful" but adequately presented them with a choice of a union or non-union agreement, the FWC has held.
The CFMMEU is launching a self-funded class action against labour hire company Workpac, seeking at least $12 million in unpaid annual leave entitlements for "misclassified" casuals and promising that every cent recovered will be paid to participating members.
A Federal Court bench has split over whether hundreds of casual mushroom workers who entered into non-compliant piecework agreements were entitled by default to be paid hourly rates under the horticulture award.
A personal carer has won extra time to lodge a $1.65 million claim for psychological damage from alleged bullying, after a court found her work-related agoraphobia contributed to the delay.
