An employer who refused requests by police and an OHS inspector to allow two CFMEU officials onto her building site to investigate a Facebook-notified safety issue has avoided an $18,500 penalty because the union's notice of entry did not include the officials' middle names.
The Fair Work Commission will next week hear the Andrews Government's bid to suspend a two-month lockout of about 200 workers by Carter Holt Harvey Wood Products in central Victoria.
A worker is facing indemnity costs after the FWC found it necessary to "call out" her "utterly appalling" conduct in pursuing a general protections claim despite accepting a settlement that paid her a year's salary and allowed her to resign.
As NSW's Berejiklian Government prepares to outsource some bus services in metropolitan Sydney, it has seen off a union bid to win a five-year employment guarantee, enhanced redundancy entitlements and transfer payments for transport workers moved to a private provider in Newcastle.
Just a week after RBA Governor Philip Lowe called for workers to push for bigger wage rises, the FWC has approved a deal that secures increases of just 2% a year for his own 1000-strong workforce, but with the prospect, for some, of also winning performance-based bonuses.
A Shorten Labor Government would implement the Opposition Leader's promise last night to reverse Sunday penalty rate reductions by legislating to protect take-home pay.
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has refused a workers' compensation claim from a banking advisor with a disability, finding his employer had been reasonable in taking disciplinary action, even though it led to him developing depression.
The Fair Work Ombudsman is investigating whether Uber's engagement of drivers complies with Australian workplace laws, in what might be a test of the legal status of gig economy employment arrangements.
