The FWC will next month hold a preliminary hearing into the proposed merger of the CFMEU, MUA and TCFU, but resources sector employers have already indicated they might seek to be heard because of the alleged threat to the stability of the supply chain "from pit to port".
An appeal court has found that restraint of trade provisions in employment contracts are unenforceable if the employer repudiates the contract, after an accountancy firm lost its bid to stop a professional employee setting up shop in Tasmania.
Former Seven West Media executive assistant Amber Harrison today told the NSW Supreme Court the company had pursued a "brutal" and unnecessary case against her that she will "never have the resources to pay for".
The NUW will tell the FWC this month that a pharmaceuticals giant offered five new recruits a $1000 "inducement" to accept an agreement for a distribution centre being built in Queensland, as it challenges its approval on the basis that it fails the BOOT and was struck with an unfairly chosen, non-representative group.
FWC intervenes in Worksafe dispute; Bench quashes "no stake" agreement approval; Truck driver put employer's compliance with road rules at risk; FWC refuses employer bid for secret hearings; Crucial apprentice pay case goes to court next month; and New secretary for NSW IR.
A Coca-Cola employee who threatened to fight a colleague in the workplace carpark and made coarse gestures suggesting he was a company stooge has lost his unfair dismissal bid.
Seven West Media today blocked former executive assistant Amber Harrison from reading a statement to the NSW Supreme Court, as she took up an invitation to appear by phone after her involvement in yesterday's proceedings went no further than commenting via Twitter.
A court has found an employer took unlawful adverse action against a pregnant worker when it sacked her for taking time off to manage morning sickness and other issues arising from her condition.
SA Government to introduce labour hire licensing; Labor calls on Coalition to "come clean" on franchise lobby pressure; and PC seeks further input on default super funds.
The Federal Government should abolish the BOOT, introduce a fast-track agreement approval process for new businesses and permit employers and workers to negotiate their own weekend penalty rate deals to eradicate structural "distortions", according to a free market think tank.
