The FWC has given distribution giant Metcash and its on-hire labour providers six weeks to say whether they will oppose a SDA and UWU claim for same-job, same-pay orders locking in annual pay rises of up to $12,700.
Newly-installed CFMEU construction division administrator Mark Irving KC has told members that "militancy in accordance with the [Fair Work] Act" is not unlawful and that the union will not make political donations or take "positions" at ALP conferences while he is in charge.
The FWC has upheld a law firm's dismissal of a solicitor accused of "gaming" its timekeeping system to boost a junior colleague's billable hours and telling an opposing practitioner his client was a "c-nt".
A self-represented on-hire mineworker looks likely to win same-job, same-pay orders for labour hire employees at South32's Cannington silver, lead and zinc mine in Queensland, after labour supplier TP Human Capital told the FWC it would not oppose it.
Discrimination legislation and WorkSafe Victoria advice should be updated to address the workplace "uncertainty" surrounding prescription cannabis use, a State Government inquiry into workplace drug testing has recommended.
An employer that got on the front foot by publicising details of a court claim by two senior employees after they "blew the whistle" on an affair between its chief executive and HR director – sparking media reports quoting sources close to the company suggesting they are in fact blackmailers trying to "shake [it] down" for up to $50 million – has failed to permanently suppress the details of the litigation.
The FWC has moved a step closer to curtailing the lowest pay classification in awards from January 1, inviting comment on draft determinations that ensure it is used only for a short period of induction and training.
The FWC has backed the Commonwealth Bank's sacking of an "insubordinate" worker who argued it could not discipline him for pummelling his manager with abusive text messages because he sent them outside of working hours.
A preliminary report to the Victorian Government foreshadows that there might be a need to expand the powers of the State's integrity agencies to deal with concerns such as those raised about the conduct of the CFMEU construction and general division's Victorian branch.
