In a decision calling into question the reliability of hair testing for establishing drug use, the NSW IRC has given the state's Police Commissioner until Monday to reinstate a sergeant sacked for taking drugs, finding it at least as likely the results were caused by external contamination.
In a decision where the employer's case was embarrassingly "scuttled" by its own witness, a senior FWC member has found that Ausgrid failed to inform four safety specialists during job interviews that they wouldn't be receiving an allowance due to them under the relevant agreement.
The Fair Work Commission has reserved its decision on whether to permit an appeal against the approval of the CFMEU's merger with the MUA and the TCFU, employer groups signalling their challenge wouldn't end there if refused.
In what may serve as a crucial test as to whether the Fair Work Act applies to workers in the "gig economy", the TWU has thrown its support behind unfair dismissal claims by two food delivery riders.
CEPU communications division national secretary Greg Rayner has dragged a state branch before the Federal Court for the second time in two years in a bid to claw back cash provided to fund the redundancy of a long-serving administration employee.
The Turnbull Government has used its submission to the annual wage review to reinforce its argument that minimum wage increases threaten jobs, despite the Fair Work Commission finding in last year's review that "modest and regular increases" do not produce "disemployment" effects.
In a significant decision on multi-hiring arrangements, a court has ruled that an Australia Post employee holding two "separate and distinct" part-time positions could not base overtime and other entitlements on combined hours.
"Trivial" NERR change not a problem; Productivity down, labour costs up: ABS; Combet and Amendola to front waterfront dispute retrospective; New edition of employment law "bible"; FWO staffer resigns in wake of AWU raids.
An external investigation has made three adverse findings of "s-xually inappropriate" conduct against the former Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Robert Doyle.
