A fine of almost $20,000 imposed on a Victorian CFMMEU organiser has been paid to settle the first "personal payment order" imposed by the Federal Court.
Introducing an offence of industrial manslaughter in South Australia will exacerbate the use of "defensive litigious strategies" by employers and regulators, according to State Coroner Mark Johns.
An employer has fended off an unfair dismissal claim by establishing that he did not sack a receptionist in a series of heated exchanges, but that she left based on her perception that he did.
An employer did not need to continue paying a remote area allowance to detention centre workers transferred to Darwin, despite a management email asserting their entitlements would not be "diminished", the FWC has found
A major civil construction company has launched a Federal Court challenge to the rejection by an FWC full bench of an agreement that it found would allow workers to be covered by future deals ahead of its nominal expiry date.
The Business Council has lauded the past achievements of unions in securing workers' rights and protecting the environment, but has called on them to abandon their push for industry-based bargaining and sit down with the business peak body to solve more pressing problems facing contemporary Australia.
The NSW Public Service Association has failed to block the state's fire and rescue agency from directing an employee to undergo a psychiatric assessment of whether he is fit for disciplinary action, with the State IRC affirming that vexatious complaints can constitute misconduct.
Labour hire company Spinifex Recruiting has again come under fire for its reliance on a "misnamed" temporary employment agreement, with an FWC full bench rejecting its argument that it did not dismiss a casual worker because its client merely exercised its discretion to terminate her assignment.
A rapidly-growing fast food chain might have lost the race to win approval of its proposed agreement before its expired 2012 deal terminates in a fortnight, after the FWC raised concerns about its new instrument possibly failing the BOOT and treating part-timers as "quasi-casuals".
An Australian-first inquiry into the on-demand economy will consider effects on traditional business models as well as the adequacy of existing workplace laws for workers, and is set to issue a discussion paper.
