Employment Minister Michaelia Cash has imposed the first-ever sanction under the national construction code against a builder, temporarily prohibiting J Hutchinson Pty Ltd from securing federal contracts, while the CFMEU has hardened its position against re-opening deals to make them compliant with the latest changes to the 2016 code.
Employers will be able to trial jobseekers cost-free for up to 12 weeks under a Turnbull Government internship program launched today, but unions say it will displace wage-paying jobs and provide interns with a fraction of the minimum wage.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of an accounts manager for cosmetics giant Coty for making disparaging comments about clients in an email she accidentally sent to them.
The FWC has highlighted that an employee with no legal qualifications or background in IR who won an extension of time for her unfair dismissal claim "provided the sole information" to the tribunal about representative error, despite the presence of her advocate at a hearing.
A court has rejected a casual's claim that his employer took adverse action when it stopped offering him shifts after he refused a six-week contract to allegedly meet his family and caring responsibilities, finding he knocked the work back to go on a pre-booked holiday to Fiji.
After clashing over workload protections for teachers and support workers in more than 500 NSW and ACT Catholic schools, the Independent Education Union is seeking to take industrial action and negotiate agreements directly with 11 dioceses rather than make the multi-enterprise agreement sought by the Catholic Commission for Employment Relations.
Fair Work Commission President Iain Ross has rejected criticism over the rash of recent departures from the tribunal, arguing they fit a pattern of senior members retiring soon after reaching their maximum pension entitlement.
A vote today has confirmed that key minor crossbench senators have dropped their support for the looming cuts to penalty rates in retail and hospitality.
An FWC full bench has quashed an order requiring a worker's representative, due to his unreasonable acts or omissions, to pay more than $11,000 of the employer's costs in an unfair dismissal case.
