The Federal Court has thrown out the FWO's pursuit of a Norwegian shipping company for allegedly underpaying 60 crew, noting it had "set out to exceed" obligations to provide reasonable wages and had since paid about twice the amount to which they were entitled under national laws.
A full bench has issued a warning about the dangers of insulting FWC members, telling a man acting for his wife that if he had raised his baseless accusations of a member's corruption with him directly, the tribunal could refer him to the Federal Police.
After winning an interlocutory injunction reversing her suspension from Melbourne University, the head of its culture and communication school is challenging her employer's claim that legal advice received before appointing an investigator to probe possible misconduct is privileged.
A Senate inquiry into legislation extending the right for regular casuals to convert to permanent employment has split along party lines, meanings its fate will rest with crossbench senators.
The FWC has today gazetted an RTBU application for a rule change so it can continue to represent members in privatised bus services in NSW, but the TWU has confirmed it will lodge an objection.
Employers that had been facing a "very large liability" to backpay superannuation on leave loading and an "onerous" calculation of past entitlements have been buoyed by an ATO decision not to scrutinise past loadings if they act quickly to obtain evidence linking it to a loss of opportunity to work overtime.
The FWC has made a bargaining order requiring Chemist Warehouse to delay a vote on a proposed enterprise agreement, as an indefinite strike continues at key warehouses in Victoria and Queensland.
Workpac has foreshadowed a potential counterclaim of up to $62,000 against the lead litigant in a major casual employment class action if he succeeds in establishing that it wrongly classified him and wins unpaid leave entitlements.
The Federal Opposition will announce today that if it takes power at this year's election, it will enable the FWC to determine what constitutes a "living wage" and to set a "fair and responsible" phasing-in period.
