The FWC will discontinue hearings into former CEPU leader Jim Metcher's fitness to hold an entry permit as his retirement last week triggered its expiry.
WA's incoming McGowan Labor Government will move quickly to reduce the number of visa workers in the State, to match the "changed economic circumstances" after the end of the mining boom.
A full Federal Court has concluded that BHP Coal was entitled to sack a boilermaker who refused to attend a medical appointment to assess his fitness to return to work.
A full Federal Court has upheld the CFMEU's right to hold discussions in the crib room of a coal mine dragline, after rejecting BHP Coal's bid for a narrow interpretation of the Fair Work Act.
The FWC had found that an unresolved dispute extended a worker's employment beyond the six month qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal.
A full Federal Court has upheld the Australian Defence Force's right to sack an outspoken army reservist over his "extreme" and "wholly unacceptable" social media comments about Islam and a transgender colleague.
The AWU is considering the creation of a "social membership" category for supporters of the organisation and its campaigns on industrial, social and economic matters.
The ABCC has released new advice that shows construction companies will have to negotiate enterprise agreements that remove the fixed annual calendar of rostered days off to comply with the new national construction code.
The leader of the CFMEU's militant Victorian branch has questioned Australia's justice system, saying his union will continue to defy the "bad" specialist laws that have been established to police the construction industry.
In continuing fallout from an unlawful CFMEU visit to two Adelaide construction sites in 2013, the FWC has refused to renew a veteran organiser's entry permit, despite union claims that he wouldn't re-offend after being "chastised" by his wife for his actions.
