The FWC has observed it is "not necessary" to consider whether representation creates unfairness between parties, as a French company was granted permission to engage a lawyer to defend a self-represented employee's unfair dismissal claim.
A court has elected not to impose a personal payment order against a CFMEU official fined $7500 for organising action that severely disrupted a major construction project, despite finding his actions "nothing short of unconscionable".
Unions have welcomed a South Australia Labor Party promise to introduce 10 days' paid domestic violence leave if it is re-elected on Saturday week, saying they hope it will push the federal government to adopt the approach nationally.
The CFMEU has successfully challenged a conditional permit issued to one of its NSW organisers, with an FWC full bench reinstating a full permit on the basis that undertakings will have the same effect.
The Flight Attendants Association national divisional council has appointed Shane Scanlon as secretary, while the union presses jurisdictional objections against unfair dismissal claims brought by its former leader Andrew Staniforth and member support manager Carolyn Summers.
A presidential member of the FWC has prodded legislators to revisit "confusing" aspects of the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code in order to deliver on its promise of speeding parties' progress through the unfair dismissal jurisdiction.
Deputy Opposition leader Tanya Plibersek in a speech ahead of International Women's Day has announced that a Shorten Labor Government would set a series of targets to boost female appointments to top government jobs and drive down the gender-based pay gap, and has promised to resurrect the ABS Time Use Survey
The Registered Organisations Commission has concluded its investigation into $125,000 in payouts to former officials of the CEPU's Tasmanian branch, with no charges laid against former officials Kevin Harkins and Nicole Wells.
A presidential member of the FWC says the tribunal needs to review its unfair dismissal application form, after an employer sought costs for behind-the-scenes representation that it had not divulged, because it did not fit with the definition in the document.
