The ACTU is looking to attract more than 250,000 supporters to national "Change the Rules" rallies on April 10, a move set to trigger further investigations into whether individual workers have taken unlawful industrial action.
An FWC full bench has confirmed that orders to suspend specific industrial action on safety grounds effectively "stops the clock" on all options included in a protected action ballot order, negating the need for a further ballot after the suspension period.
The Morrison Government should withdraw its casual conversion bill due to "serious problems", according to Adelaide University Professor of Law, Andrew Stewart, who has also opened fire on the "worse than useless" regulation introduced to purportedly address employers' liabilities in the wake of the Workpac v Skene ruling.
In a decision further clarifying the "minor procedural or technical errors" that can be overlooked in approving agreements, the FWC has rejected a deal capturing employees not contemplated at the time bargaining notices were issued, despite their subsequent involvement in voting it up.
The Morrison Government has committed to introducing criminal sanctions for the worst cases of wage underpayment, along with a national labour hire registration scheme.
A Qantas flight attendant has failed in his second chance to have an FWC full bench overturn his dismissal for downing 14 standard drinks at a New York bar, rendering himself unfit for duty the following day.
Former Queensland assistant health minister Dr Chris Davis has won more than $1.4 million in compensation after a tribunal held that a health service's discriminatory decision to deny him a job because of his political activities and beliefs forced him into early retirement.
ABC acting managing director David Anderson has told an Estimates hearing today that the broadcaster paid former managing director Michelle Guthrie $730,000 to settle her Federal Court claim, which raises the total payout she received to $1.64 million.
Workers at BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla operations have backed a beefed-up three-year agreement offer that lifts pay by 11% and introduces a profit-share scheme.
