A full Federal Court will tomorrow hand down its ruling on the union bid to quash the Fair Work Commission's decision to cut penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors.
The FWC has found a lawyer was not employed for long enough to qualify for unfair dismissal protection, partly because his unpaid work before his engagement as an employee benefited him "in his desire to be admitted to practice" more than it did the firm.
FWC President Iain Ross says a one-day conference in Sydney on Friday will focus on unpaid domestic violence leave and a possible model term, with unions and employers yet to agree on how to define family and domestic violence.
FWC members in NSW have suggested that a pilot program in the State that accelerates unfair dismissal claims has generated a rise in reinstatements, a senior tribunal member told a conference on the weekend.
An employee made redundant while pregnant "without reference" to the company's HR specialists will be paid a $20,000 penalty and $9,000 for hurt and humiliation as part of a $58,000 total adverse action payout.
Blue-collar unions are today seeking an injunction in the Queensland IRC to stop Brisbane City Council putting a proposed agreement to an employee ballot
The CFMEU has called for greater transparency and a more inclusive approach to testing whether agreements satisfy the BOOT after the FWC in a rare move published the "legislative checklist" it used to assess a labour hire company's non-union agreement.
Key crossbench senator Nick Xenophon, who announced today that will be quitting federal politics to contest a State lower house seat, has expressed “great concern” at some large employers' "apparent disregard" for the information they provide in statutory declarations certifying that their deals pass the BOOT.
The Turnbull Government will introduce legislation to punish insolvent businesses that deliberately structure their affairs to shift costs onto the Fair Entitlements Guarantee scheme, it announced today.
