In another decision warning labour hire companies to tread carefully when carrying out dismissals at a client's behest, the FWC has ordered an employer to compensate a drug and alcohol tester who BHP locked out from one of its mine sites before the completion of her contract.
The TWU has notified the Sex Discrimination Commissioner of the results of a cabin crew survey showing that a large proportion of the 65% who say they have been sexually harassed at work are either unsatisfied with how their employer handled it or too afraid to report it.
Company profits and executive pay are set to feature in a new month-long national advertising campaign by the ACTU, which will coincide with a month of rallies across the country.
The Fair Work Commission has told employers that they need to take a more active role in the process of seeking the termination of enterprise agreements after an "influx" of applications lodged by unions that contain incorrect information.
An FWC full bench has reserved its decision on an unfair dismissal appeal by a Qantas flight attendant who attributed a drunken episode on a layover to cavalier bartending.
Workpac is challenging an FWC order to reinstate a labour hire mineworker to her former position with the same BHP host employer that "demobilised" her, while it is also seeking in the Federal Court to stop another casual from claiming leave entitlements.
No need for "perma-flexis", says AIG; Appeal court blocks discrimination probe; Police abandon investigation of AWU "slush fund"; FWC delays Aerocare agreement approval case; FWC issues draft timetable for minimum wage case; TWU national leadership confirmed; and Bromberg to host employment law forum.
A court has rejected claims by a veteran community services worker that an HR manager told her not to join the union, or had a hand in making her redundant because she proposed to take long service leave on half pay as she made a transition to retirement.
ACTU secretary Sally McManus is calling for a "bold vision" for IR change as unions seek to stiffen Labor resolve for a major overhaul of the Fair Work Act if it wins government.
