A Northern Territory council has overcome union opposition to retain its right to legal representation in a "highly contested" argument over an night patrol officer's reinstatement.
Rio Tinto artificially limited contractual terms when it denied two FIFO mineworkers their entitlement to an extra allowance for nights spent away from their work base, the WA Industrial Relations Commission has found.
The CFMMEU is calling on the Federal Court to review its "outrageous" decision to direct that $1 million held in a trust fund on members' behalf be shared by all former employees of liquidated labour hire company One Key Workforce Pty Ltd.
A CFMMEU official has retained his entry permit despite being heavily fined for his part in a heated worksite stoush, the FWC finding he was acting on "genuine but mistaken" legal advice about his rights.
A baby who survived the devastating 1974 Cyclone Tracy by sheltering in a double-brick dunny with his parents in the backyard of their Darwin home has become one of the newest members of the FWC.
The Federal Court is allowing the lead litigant in a major class action against Workpac to intervene in the employer's challenge to last year's finding that a casual labour hire worker was in fact an employee entitled to annual leave payments.
Long-serving CFMMEU MUA division national secretary Paddy Crumlin is facing a challenge from a rank-and-file member in the union's quadrennial elections.
The NUW says that a new agreement covering Chemist Warehouse workers will deliver pay rises of 18.75% over four years, including an upfront 8.75% within the next fortnight.
FWC President Iain Ross's delegate has refused to refer to the Federal Court IR Minister Kelly O'Dwyer's "revolutionary" question of law as to whether the Fair Work Act allows indirectly discriminatory terms in agreements, while also flagging potential hurdles to her quest for a review of a new fire brigade deal.
