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RBA's "abrupt" sacking of manager unfair: FWC

The FWC has ordered the Reserve Bank to pay compensation after its "unnecessarily abrupt" sacking of a long-serving manager while he took leave, finding it led him to believe at the mid-point of a performance management process that he remained "on track" to retain his job.



Non-competes should attract income-based compensation: Submission

Legal Aid NSW is calling for the Government to implement a complete ban on restraint of trade clauses for all vulnerable workers, including independent contractors, casual, gig, and employee-like workers, and other workers should receive compensation for non-competes based on a proportion of their income.


Disconnect laws "subject to enormous testing", employers warn

Employers and unions have confirmed the gulf that exists over 'right to disconnect' laws that come into force today, the former lamenting a lack of FWC guidance on "reasonable" contact and forecasting "conflict and disharmony", while the latter hailed the new provisions as "reclaiming the right to knock off".


Former Greens party director cleared to contest sacking

The FWC has cleared the way for the ACT Greens' former party director to challenge his sacking after rejecting the organisation's jurisdictional objection that his brief term failed to meet the statutory minimum employment period for workers at small employers.


Union wins right to multi-bargain with coal majors

After a hard-fought battle, a mining union has today won an authorisation to negotiate a multi-employer agreement with three underground black coal mines operated by major resource companies Peabody, Ulan and Whitehaven, but Delta has escaped its clutches.


FWC GM prosecutes HSU's Asmar for alleged financial irregularities

FWC general manager Murray Furlong is seeking civil penalties in the Federal Court against HSU Victorian No 1 branch secretary Diana Asmar for allegedly receiving more than $120,000 in unwarranted reimbursements, signing-off on a payment of almost $3 million to a printing business for products and services the union never received, and pocketing "cashbacks" related to the printing, allegedly channelled through her spouse.


Hundreds of CFMEU heads roll, but Zach stays on

The scheme of administration for the CFMEU's construction division and branches, in place from today, immediately dismisses most officeholders, but allows some national, WA branch and ACT branch officials to keep their jobs during Mark Irving KC's supervision of the union.


Call to empower state IR courts to handle federal cases

A leading IR law academic says he would not be surprised if the Albanese Government proposes a Fair Work court to operate alongside the FWC if it is returned at the next federal election, while SA Employment Tribunal President Stephen Dolphin recommends looking to the "exceptional" model in his State.


A-G puts CFMEU construction into administration

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has this morning put the CFMEU's construction and general division and its branches into administration, after deciding it is in the public interest.


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