The FWC has refused an employer's application to recoup its costs of defending an unfair dismissal claiming, noting the employer incurred its "unreasonable" $10,000-plus bill because its chose a law firm that provided a "Rolls Royce service".
An Emirates airlines group subsidiary has made a last-minute decision to withdraw a new enterprise agreement for ground-handling work that faced strong opposition from the ASU and TWU.
The High Court has today granted the ABCC's application for special leave to appeal a judgment that stymied its push to prohibit unions from paying fines imposed on officials, while it has also granted airline Rex special leave to challenge a ruling that allowed a union to pursue an adverse action claim on behalf of non-members.
An FWC full bench has slammed the poor drafting of enterprise agreements, after the ETU called on a company's former HR manager to back its argument that a deal struck for FIFO workers on the Ichthys LNG project was intended to specify particular income protection products.
BHP Coal is seeking special leave from the High Court to challenge a ruling that allowed the CFMEU to hold discussions in the crib room of a coal mine's dragline, but the union says permit holders could be left with nowhere to meet with workers if the company's interpretation is accepted.
The Federal Court has imposed a $2,500 fine on CFMEU construction and general division national secretary Dave Noonan, over unlawful conduct that halted work at Perth's $1.2 billion children's hospital project in 2013.
A Senate inquiry has recommended an employer who gives a union official a $20 bottle of wine for speaking at a conference be exempted from sanctions in the corrupting benefits legislation that is before the House of Representatives today.
The FWC's termination of industrial action in the Victorian electricity industry took into account that it could "almost immediately" affect generators that regularly meet more than half of the state's power supply.
Coles Supermarkets night-fill employee Penny Vickers has told the Fair Work Commission this morning there is a broad public interest in referring her application to terminate the retailing giant's 2011 enterprise agreement to a full bench.
The Fair Work Commission will get just over $74 million in funding under the 2017-18 federal budget — a 5% cut — as it loses some functions to the new Registered Organisations Commission.
