The Fair Work Commission is applying the Better Off Overall Test is an "unworkable manner" and uncertainty in the wake of the Coles agreement termination ruling is bringing bargaining to a halt, according to the Australian Industry Group.
The FWC has granted the CFMEU standing as an intervener to scrutinise whether an agreement passes the better off overall test, despite an employer's objections that it has no members affected, has a commercial interest in opposing deals and is a generally disreputable organisation.
A court has reserved judgment on an obese security officer's adverse action claim in which he accuses his employer of transferring him to a position he physically could not perform in another city and then sacking him to stop him after he challenged a proposed enterprise agreement.
The High Court has granted a worker special leave to appeal a ruling that her employer did not have a duty to protect her from psychological damage caused by its investigation of a workplace assault.
Coles and the SDA have agreed on a draft two-year deal that provides higher penalty rates, but has lower annual pay rises for workers who are already on elevated wage rates.
An FWC full bench is today hearing a challenge to a Registered Organisations Commission ruling that Queensland's Together union breached the registered organisations regulations, exposing it to penalties, when its leader made a "considered decision" to delay lodgement of election information.
A court has awarded a professional employee almost $425,000 in damages for the repudiation of his employment contract by accountancy firm Crowe Horwath.
The Opposition says Employment Minister Michaelia Cash's position that she was unaware of the CFMEU's prosecution of ABCC head Nigel Hadgkiss until October last year is "unbelievable" after Prime Minister Turnbull said today the litigation was "public knowledge".
Superannuation fund directors might have a duty to oppose "aggressive" employer strategies, such as unilateral agreement terminations, that suppress wages and reduce accumulation of retirement income, according to a new report by the Centre for Future Work.
The FWC is seeking feedback by the end of this month on model terms for unpaid family and domestic violence leave in modern awards and whether the proposed entitlement should be extended to perpetrators, while it is giving parties more time to reply to a report on family-friendly work arrangements.
