A worker found to have been unfairly dismissed when made redundant has won reinstatement despite his former job no longer existing and his ex-employer’s claim that the employment relationship had been "broken beyond repair".
The Federal Court has found the CFMEU knowingly concerned in a WA official's adverse action and coercion when he last year told Gorgon LNG project workers he would put non-members' names on toilet doors "to let everyone know who you f-cking dog c-nts are".
McGowan Government IR Minister Bill Johnston has commissioned barrister and former acting WA IRC president Mark Ritter SC to review the State's IR system.
The ACTU has taken aim at the proposed public interest test for union amalgamations, saying there is no basis for the Turnbull Government's claim that it is the equivalent of the competition test for corporate mergers.
The FWC has allowed the Flight Attendants' Association to jettison plans to merge its two divisions, while a former secretary might face penalties after admitting he failed to provide budgets from 2006 to 2012.
A worker who partly blamed his two-years late unfair dismissal claim on a police investigation into alleged death threats he made after his sacking has failed to win an extension of time.
The FWC's minimum wage panel has decided against holding a preliminary hearing to consider new research on the budget required to sustain a healthy lifestyle, after the proposal only won support from Catholic employers.
The TWU is seeking to terminate the enterprise agreement for aviation services company Aerocare, applying a legal strategy has been mostly used by employers.
ACTU secretary Sally McManus is today kicking off a national "change the rules" campaign that aims to build support for major changes to the Fair Work Act, including restoration of the industrial tribunal's power to arbitrate disputes.
A Federal Court class action against Chubb Insurance Australia Limited for alleged failing to pay minimum rates, overtime and penalties has been discontinued after the lawyers for the employees failed to secure litigation funding.
