Fair Work Commission president Iain Ross says the tribunal will investigate establishing "administrative hubs" in suburban centres in order to improve access and reduce costs for the parties.
The head of the FWC's bullying jurisdiction and a public service commissioner who oversees implementation of domestic violence workplace policies say they have ditched labels and are using more empowering approaches to dealing with domestic violence and bullying.
The Fair Work Ombudsman is pushing for the NUW to pay $800,000 in damages to retailer Woolworths over alleged unlawful industrial action in 2015 at two distribution centres in Melbourne.
No sign of Lennon report as FAAA leader remains grounded; 800-days-late worker asks High Court to extend time; and Department recoups $50m in FEG payouts.
A law firm chief executive's "abrasive" email to 80 lawyers warning that "the lion will soon be catching up with any sick zebras" has come back to bite him, the FWC finding that he unfairly dismissed a senior associate given two weeks' notice for allegedly threatening legal action.
The FSU is seeking talks with the chief executive of the NAB after the bank announced plans to cut 6000 jobs in the next three years and invest $1.5 billion in digital transformation.
ACTU leader Sally McManus in calling for a "living wage" is reviving the name the peak body gave its minimum wage claims after the Howard Coalition Government came to power 21 years ago, while invoking a principle enunciated in Justice HB Higgins' landmark 1907 Harvester judgment.
The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union has hailed today's termination by the FWC of the Domino's Pizza enterprise agreement, saying it will return tens of millions of dollars to employees.
The FWC has refused to approve an AWU-backed agreement covering hundreds of Cairns casino workers after warning that its loaded rates and an annual reconciliation undertaking would leave employees covered by four modern awards worse off.
Griffin Coal and the CFMEU have reached agreement on a survival deal involving "significant personal sacrifices" for production employees that the company will put to its lenders and the union to members, after interest-based negotiations since January under the aegis of the FWC's new approaches program.
