Slater and Gordon faces the departure of more senior lawyers – including the head of its crucial personal injury practice in Australia - as speculation grows over possible job cuts when the ASX-listed law firm announces its annual results next week.
The long-serving 65-year-old manager of one of the country's largest non-profit community legal centres has won her job back, with a 20% pay hike, after the FWC found the organisation's management committee deliberately designed a restructuring process to scuttle her candidacy.
The Federal Court has rejected CFMEU argument that the Fair Work Act's explanatory memorandum compels a finding that union officials are entitled to exercise their entry rights to hold discussions with members and potential members before their shifts begin.
High Court challenges to rulings stymieing an ABCC push to prohibit unions from paying officials' fines and another allowing a union to pursue an adverse action claim on behalf of non-members have been delayed while it considers legal issues around the postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage.
A mortgage broker is facing a substantial damages payout after a court rejected his claim that a client list he took to his new role at a competitor was no longer confidential because his old employer posted some of their names on its Facebook page.
A court has found that a rail freight company took adverse action against a train driver when it derailed his progress towards a more lucrative role after he refused to alter a shift, citing primary carer responsibilities and fatigue.
The Federal Court will next week hold a preliminary hearing of allegations by a former Australia Post national workers' compensation manager that ex-chief executive Ahmed Fahour caved-in to a union leader's demands to oust him from his role and shelve his efforts to rein-in costs, or face protest rallies and the leaking of sensitive internal documents.
The Turnbull Government has blasted a major builder that negotiated a precedent-setting enterprise agreement with the CFMEU as being "highly unrepresentative" of the construction industry, describing the deal as an act of "commercial self-harm".
The Victorian government will make an urgent application for the Fair Work Commission to terminate industrial action by about 600 workers providing pathology services, citing concerns about patient safety and welfare.
Twenty-year jail terms for industrial manslaughter and the newly-created role of WHS Prosecutor are among legislative changes contained in a bill introduced to Queensland Parliament yesterday.
