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
Alcoa workers spurn AWU-backed deal; FWO pursues director over "disgusting" pregnancy jibe; Department reveals review of BCII Act, $132m in FEG payouts.
A tribunal member has strongly rebuked a legal firm for its "unprofessional" behaviour in missing a deadline to file material, lamenting that unlike golf tee times, FWC directions cannot be changed "at a whim".
A reduction of more than 60% in external legal expenses has steered the construction watchdog into operating profit for the 2017-18 financial year, as it continues a recent shift to initiating fewer court cases at the same time as it has been winning record penalties against the CFMMEU.
BP Australia is seeking to terminate the enterprise agreement for its oil refinery in Western Australia, in the latest case of a big employer using what the Federal Opposition has dubbed the "nuclear option" to break a bargaining deadlock.
The FWO has moderated its warnings to workers who might join the ACTU's round of national protests, as the first rally attracted a crowd of about 4000 in a wet and windy Perth yesterday.
The FWC says RAFFWU's objections to a Woolworths deal it expects to be voted up next week will delay its approval by "many months", as the tribunal orders the retailer to produce wage comparison documents to inform the union's bid to terminate the 2012 agreement.
