A key independent senator says he will not support the Morrison Government's legislation to make it easier to deregister unions, introduce a public interest test for mergers and ban law-breaking officials, instead calling for a strong response to the finance scandals exposed at the Hayne Royal Commission.
Wages at Alcoa's Western Australian operations could fall by 60% if the company succeeds in terminating its enterprise agreement and no new deal is reached within six months, the Fair Work Commission has heard.
Victoria Police has failed to establish reasonable business grounds for refusing a long-serving detective's flexible work request for an additional two rest days per fortnight as he transitioned to retirement.
Justice Tony North has been farewelled after a "remarkable" 23-year stint on the Federal Court bench, which included hearing the 1998 waterfront case involving Patrick Stevedores and the MUA.
The FWC has ordered a labour hire company to return a casual mineworker to her former position at a BHP Coal mine, despite late evidence that the mining giant that ordered her removal won't consider reinstatement.
Long serving Nurses and Midwives NSW branch secretary Brett Holmes and assistant secretary Judith Kiedja have been re-elected unopposed for another four-year term, while a councillor for the City of Wanneroo is facing off against WA branch secretary Mark Olsen.
An inquiry into an Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation election that opened before the FWC finalised changes to the union's rules has left it behind schedule and unable to recoup $70,000 in costs after "well and truly" blowing its legal budget.
Watson to advise O'Dwyer on IR; FWC reserves on case in which minister intervened; Submissions due next week for domestic violence leave inquiry; Union assets up considerably despite membership drop, says Liberal think tank; Changes needed to address employers' pattern bargaining, says Bornstein; and Labor seeks penalty regime in Modern Slavery legislation.
The FWC has rebuffed a security worker's claim that his former employer misrepresented its headcount to deny him protection from unfair dismissal, pointing out that it is not the Commission's job to conduct a "fact-finding" mission into each individual's status.
Dorevitch Pathology parent company Primary Health Care is facing a bill of more than $9 million after an FWC full bench found it must increase pay by up to 20% to maintain the real value of workers' over-award rates since their last agreement nominally expired in 2007.
