The former finance manager of a barristers' clerking company is seeking more than $285,000 for hurt, humiliation and lost wages, as part of an adverse action claim in which she alleges its chief executive and its chair - an industrial barrister - were "knowingly concerned" in disciplining then sacking her after she made a bullying complaint.
Major construction company Laing O'Rourke has failed to convince the FWC that a current agreement clause could effectively render its NSW and ACT deals compliant with the building code, but the tribunal has recommended that the CFMEU and employees take all necessary steps to achieve compliance.
Aldi's bid to halt campaigning by the TWU that amounts to "injurious falsehood" and to pre-emptively stop picket lines remains on foot, after the Federal Court last week rejected its bid for an interlocutory injunction.
An FWC member has observed that a business with more than 40 employees "is large enough to warrant a HR manager and a HR officer" in a case where an employer sought leave to challenge its own HR manager's recollection of events.
The FWC's minimum wage panel is seeking submissions by next Friday on whether to hold a preliminary hearing into new "budget standards" research that establishes the income required for a healthy lifestyle, updated for changes in household expenses since the development of the original benchmark in the mid-1990s.
The FWC has approved a new code-compliant enterprise agreement between the CFMEU and a key Boral concreting subsidiary that provides a right for casuals to request permanency after six weeks.
New mines in Queensland will no longer be allowed to use an entirely fly-in, fly-out workforce if nearby towns have suitable candidates, under legislation passed by state parliament last night.
Qantas group employees who have agreed to the airline's 18-month wage freeze will receive a bonus of $2000 to $2500, the airline announced today as it released its second successive bumper annual profit in its full-year financial results.
