ACTU secretary Sally McManus has kicked off a series of major rallies, telling participants that unions have to convince politicians that industry-wide bargaining is "normal" in advanced economies.
The High Court has today confirmed that it will refer a Unions NSW challenge to restrictions on spending by third party campaigners to a full hearing in December, with South Australia the first of several states expected to intervene.
An FWC full bench has granted a Qantas flight attendant leave to appeal his dismissal, finding that the Commission might have failed to properly explain his consumption of the equivalent of 14 standard drinks, rendering him unfit for duty.
An industrial tribunal has rejected a union's argument that allowing a large employer to use an external lawyer will render a general protections case "unnecessarily adversarial".
In an important interlocutory ruling, the Federal Court has today restrained mining giant BHP Coal from stopping a reinstated labour hire mineworker returning to the job at its Bowen Basin coal mine.
A Federal Court judge has questioned the "wisdom or fairness" of laws requiring employers to subtract four hours' pay for as little as 10 minutes unprotected action, after finding the AWU breached the Fair Work Act when an official asked a BlueScope manager not to dock returning strikers for starting a shift late.
Spotless is this week calling on the Federal Court to confirm that it is not obliged to pay severance entitlements to three Perth International Airport workers, including a veteran accounts manager, due to an exemption for ordinary and customary turnover of labour.
Fruit pickers engaged under the Seasonal Worker Program are seeking orders that labour hire company Agri Labour re-employ them, in an adverse action claim that the employer says it will "strenuously" defend after settling their colleagues' underpayments claim.
A senior FWC member has upbraided a seasoned IR lawyer for speaking to employees of his large casino client during an unfair dismissal hearing, after it had been denied external legal representation.
FWC Senior Deputy President Jonathan Hamberger has rejected the CFMMEU's claim that his "retweet" of former Minister Michaelia Cash's tweet critical of the union should rule him out on the basis of apprehended bias from determining an official's fitness to hold an entry permit
