While retreating from his much-hyped "call to arms" for workers to demand higher wages, Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe today told a Sydney audience that a continuation of the current period of stagnation in wage growth would have an "insidious" impact on the economy.
A lower court has asked the Federal Court to distinguish between "jurisdiction" and "powers" after wrestling with the question in a case where a union accused an employer of breaching its enterprise agreement and the employer counter-claimed that the agreement was not genuinely agreed.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a worker for pressuring a colleague to join the AMWU after a "balanced and meticulous" external investigation found his actions amounted to bullying.
The FWC has upheld the dismissal for fighting of a worker who was already out of favour because his output after a minor workplace injury was allegedly lower than that of a severely disabled colleague.
Victorian unions are preparing to run a long social media campaign to secure the reinstatement of 16 Crown Casino workers after receiving advice that the outsourcing of their work is probably lawful
Griffin Coal production workers have voted to reject a new deal negotiated with the assistance of the FWC's New Approaches program that the CFMEU says would have left them $50,000 a year worse off.
The Federal Court has overturned an $800,000 costs order against the Fair Work Ombudsman, after finding that a Federal Circuit Court judge was wrong to find the watchdog's unreasonable acts or omissions partially responsible for two company directors incurring unreasonable legal expenses.
The ACTU is preparing to train affiliates to comply with the more stringent governance requirements under the Turnbull Government's rules for registered organisations, as the new regulator develops plans to increase awareness of protections for reprisals against whistleblowers - which extend to imprisonment.
The ABCC says it is "carefully reviewing" a Federal Court finding that two CFMEU officials who flagrantly disregarded requests to show their entry permits did not breach the Fair Work Act's restrictions on entry to worksites because they were not seeking to exercise their lawful rights.
Fair Work Commission President Iain Ross in a statement issued today has asked for "suggestions" by Friday to help him compile a list of issues that submissions might address in response to the full bench majority's tentative view that awards should provide for unpaid domestic violence leave.
