Protected action should be available to workers without the need for a secret ballot, according to the draft IR policy to be put to the ACTU's triennial Congress next week.
The FWC has for a second time reinstated a worker sacked by serum giant CSL after extended absences, ruling that the company denied him the benefit of a generous "salary continuance" scheme in its enterprise agreement.
The FWC has given Workplace Minister Craig Laundy the go-ahead to put his case that the MFB agreement should be rejected because it contains discriminatory and objectionable terms and fails the BOOT.
The FWC has praised Australia Post subsidiary Startrack Express for its flawless process in dismissing an employee who "crossed a line" from tolerable crudity to unacceptable racism in his remarks to colleagues.
An order requiring the NTEU to give a university more than the statutory three days' notice of protected industrial action has been quashed by an FWC full bench that found a tribunal member wrongly presupposed that any such action would be suspended by the Commission if it interfered with student exams or graduation.
High-paying deals in the construction sector have again boosted the average increase in private sector agreements, but growth remains short of 3% a year, according to Department of Jobs data.
A court has imposed a $71,000 costs order on an HR manager who took a "scattergun" approach to challenging her dismissal, but has stopped short of imposing a similar order on her high-profile Sydney barrister, despite criticising his role in the case.
A deputy principal who was involved in a s-xual relationship with a teacher when he convened a selection panel that awarded her a promotion has failed in an unfair dismissal claim.
