A full Federal Court has reserved judgment on the union application to quash the Fair Work Commission ruling to cut weekend penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors.
Employers have defended the Fair Work Commission's decision to cut Sunday penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors, telling five Federal Court judges today that the tribunal was balancing the interests of employees and employers.
Outgoing ABC Commissioner Nigel Hadgkiss has thrown his support behind his deputy, Cathy Cato, to replace him, after he resigned a fortnight ago for breaching the Fair Work Act.
A Catholic school teacher sacked after being charged with indecent assault, of which he was later acquitted, has been reinstated after the FWC rejected the Sydney Archdiocese's argument that his automatic loss of clearance to work with children frustrated his employment.
ACTU president Ged Kearney might soon be leaving the peak body, if she wins preselection for a Labor heartland seat in the Victorian Parliament that is under threat from the Greens.
After suffering a three-year pay freeze and rejecting a proposed enterprise deal last year, the FWC's 300-odd employees are set to receive a 3% upfront increase under an agreement that won approval this morning.
The CFMEU says "broken" IR laws have enabled a "third party" to stop protected action aimed at securing an agreement with boosted redundancy entitlements before a new employer takes over a service contract at a coal mine.
On the opening day of their Federal Court challenge to the cuts to penalty rates in the hospitality and retail sectors, unions have been barraged by sustained questioning from judges.
Lawyers float solutions for Linked-in problem; NTEU asks members to help to isolate Murdoch University; Ellis new Tasmanian Industrial Commission member; International dispute resolution experts headline FWC-convened conference; and Lendlease wins code-compliant deal.
ANZ employees have overwhelmingly endorsed an interim 12-month agreement that pays a 3% increase and "grandfathers" district allowances for current employees, ahead of a restructure designed to make the bank more "agile".
