A full Federal Court has this morning rejected the union bid to overturn the Fair Work Commission's decision to cut penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors.
The CFMEU's construction and general division has elected ACT branch secretary Dean Hall to succeed militant veteran Joe McDonald as its national president.
The Registered Organisations Commission is reviewing financial dealings and reporting by the CFMEU's mining and energy division, including expenses claims in its Queensland district.
In an unusual case in which a coffee chain franchisee has convinced an FWC full bench to quash its agreement after claiming it and an IR consultant provided false evidence to win its approval, the tribunal will refer their statutory declarations to the Federal Police to investigate whether they have committed any crimes.
A full Federal Court will tomorrow hand down its ruling on the union bid to quash the Fair Work Commission's decision to cut penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors.
The FWC has found a lawyer was not employed for long enough to qualify for unfair dismissal protection, partly because his unpaid work before his engagement as an employee benefited him "in his desire to be admitted to practice" more than it did the firm.
FWC President Iain Ross says a one-day conference in Sydney on Friday will focus on unpaid domestic violence leave and a possible model term, with unions and employers yet to agree on how to define family and domestic violence.
FWC members in NSW have suggested that a pilot program in the State that accelerates unfair dismissal claims has generated a rise in reinstatements, a senior tribunal member told a conference on the weekend.
An employee made redundant while pregnant "without reference" to the company's HR specialists will be paid a $20,000 penalty and $9,000 for hurt and humiliation as part of a $58,000 total adverse action payout.
Blue-collar unions are today seeking an injunction in the Queensland IRC to stop Brisbane City Council putting a proposed agreement to an employee ballot
