The FWC has granted the ASU a majority support determination at Shine Lawyers, opening the way for it to bargain on behalf of its Victorian workforce after the firm failed to prove this would have an adverse commercial or operational effect or that it was an arbitrarily-selected group.
The Turnbull Government is poised to launch a pincer movement against the CFMEU, through legislation that seeks to block its merger with the MUA and apply a fit and proper person test for officials.
The FWC has insisted an employer and union resume bargaining in a three-week window until it rescinds a temporary anti-strike order it issued after a delegate claimed he could resolve the dispute by transferring workers to a contracting arrangement he would manage.
The Federal Court has rejected claims an employer took adverse action against a dentist it threatened to sack for writing "pugnacious" emails, redirecting mail and refusing to attend disciplinary meetings, ruling that the last two actions amounted to him repudiating his employment contract.
In a landmark ruling, an FWC full bench has stopped the Federal Government relying on privileged documents such as Budget papers to argue for its 2% public sector wages cap in a workplace determination.
The NSWIRC has reinstated a corrections officer whose "complacency" led to a high-risk prisoner escaping out a bathroom window, rejecting the employer's contention it no longer felt confident the experienced officer could do his job.
In a case likely to have ramifications for hundreds of existing enterprise deals, the High Court has reserved its decision in Aldi's appeal against a decision knocking out a controversial agreement on the basis it was agreed by prospective employees not yet covered by it.
A Supreme Court has reaffirmed the force of religious laws within employment contracts, restraining administrators at a cash-strapped Sydney synagogue from dismissing a rabbi after finding that his engagement conferred lifetime tenure under Orthodox Jewish law.
The Turnbull Government has made last-minute amendments to legislation outlawing the payment of corrupting benefits, which means it will not apply to those with a "nominal value" of less than $420.
An FWC full bench has vacated hearings for a workplace determination covering Department of Immigration and Border Protection workers as it tackles thorny threshold questions around whether evidence such as budget papers and annual reports is protected by parliamentary privilege.
