The Federal Court has rejected an AWU application for a suppression order on reporting of oral evidence in its challenge to the validity of Federal Police raids on union offices in October 2017.
RAFFWU has not given up on its push for a $1 billion backpay claim for Woolworths workers, lodging an appeal this week against the retailer's new national agreement, while the FWC says a successful bid by rival retail union the SDA to axe 30 nominally expired Pizza Hut deals will have an "overwhelmingly positive" effect.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has dismissed Armaguard's challenge to the reinstatement of a security guard whose errors contributed to the theft of $58,000.
Two leading workplace academics have told the national inquiry into sexual harassment that OHS laws should be reformed to provide the basis for "pro-active and collective action" to protect workers, in league with substantial penalties for culpable employers, while they are also calling for the expansion of hate speech laws to target harassment via social media.
A public servant who claimed it was part of the workplace culture to bring in firearms, knives and alcohol, after his sacking for having two duelling pistols and an explosive booster charge on the job, has had his appeal dismissed.
The ACTU case for industry-wide bargaining has received a boost from across the Tasman after a government-appointed working party headed by a former conservative prime minister offered a blueprint for a return to sectoral negotiations as an answer to wage stagnation, growing inequality and "hollowing out" of the middle class.
A Federal Court judge has warned both sides over the conduct of a long-running case in which two former CFMMEU organisers claim they were driven out of their jobs for whistleblowing in a media interview, going so far as to remind the parties he can stop lawyers charging for "misconceived" work.
A Queensland professional association that markets itself as a cheaper, apolitical alternative to unions is calling on the FWC to force a major employer to seat it at the same table during bargaining meetings, ahead of its planned expansion by the end of the year.
