A senior FWC member has floated the idea of the Commission playing a greater role in adverse action cases so they can be finalised faster than under the current regime, which he says can take four years.
An Essential Energy employee has launched adverse action proceedings in which she claims the power retailer failed to lawfully deal with her request to transfer to part-time work and effectively dismissed her by refusing to allow her to rescind her resignation.
After entering into an FWO compliance partnership that commits it to taking responsibility for underpayments across its trolley collection network for the past three years, Woolworths says it would welcome working with any regulatory body to ensure workers in all supply chains are paid correctly.
An FWC full bench has dismissed CPSU objections to accepting evidence "identical" to that previously ruled inadmissible in the Department of Immigration and Border Protection workplace determination case.
The full Federal Court judgment rejecting the union challenge to reduced penalty rates in retail and hospitality has upheld the Fair Work Commission's power to change awards during reviews, even when there has been no "material change" in circumstances.
A full Federal Court has this morning rejected the union bid to overturn the Fair Work Commission's decision to cut penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors.
The CFMEU's construction and general division has elected ACT branch secretary Dean Hall to succeed militant veteran Joe McDonald as its national president.
The Registered Organisations Commission is reviewing financial dealings and reporting by the CFMEU's mining and energy division, including expenses claims in its Queensland district.
In an unusual case in which a coffee chain franchisee has convinced an FWC full bench to quash its agreement after claiming it and an IR consultant provided false evidence to win its approval, the tribunal will refer their statutory declarations to the Federal Police to investigate whether they have committed any crimes.
