The FWC has rejected an IR practitioner's bid to shift from casual to continuing employment, finding that even if he was eligible, his employer's agreement provided no implicit "right" to convert.
ACTU leader Sally McManus is set to begin campaigning for major changes to minimum wage-setting, including tying it to a proportion of the median wage, along the lines of the UK's model.
The Turnbull Government might be preparing the ground to maintain the confidentiality of information relating to the Federal Court proceedings in which former ABC Commissioner Nigel Hadgkiss admitted breaching the Fair Work Act.
The FWC has granted an employer legal representation for its jurisdictional objections to a rostering dispute lodged by a self-represented employee who alleges in another case that he was sacked after challenging a proposed enterprise agreement.
The ABCC has reviewed its legal expenditure after an "overspend" in the past financial year that included a blowout to almost $11 million in billings for external advice, representing about a third of its $34 million budget.
The ACTU will seek legal advice on whether the High Court's citizenship decision opens the way to challenging a vote in the House of Representatives that failed by a margin of one vote to support the restoration of penalty rates.
An industry entitlements fund says the Turnbull Government's "proper use of benefits" bill could threaten its ability to provide free ambulance and funeral cover to worker members, while an industry skills body is calling for a regulatory impact statement to identify whether the costs to be imposed would exceed benefits.
The FWC has suspended a CFMEU divisional branch leader's entry permit for three months after he raised his hand in a "solidarity symbol" at a senior project manager.
