As a court fines a regional café more than $500,000 for exploiting overseas workers and the FWO pursues two other cafes for unlawful "cash-back" schemes, Ombudsman Natalie James has welcomed the Federal Government's commitment to introducing laws to prohibit such arrangements.
The Senate last night passed unamended the Turnbull Government’s legislation to reduce the phase-in period for the 2016 national construction code from two years to nine months.
The FWC should review its general protections application form, because it might invalidate claims made late in the 21-day filing period, a full bench says in a ruling that enables a former law firm employee to pursue a managing partner for allegedly bullying, harassing and abusing her.
The CFMEU says it will organise national protests and work stoppages in coming weeks with support from other unions and the ACTU to protest the return of the ABCC and the accelerated implementation of the 2016 national construction code.
A court has found the Federal Police took adverse action by refusing to employ a candidate because of his arthritis, but its refusal to reverse the decision after a review was lawful because it was based on the inherent requirements of the position.
The NSW Public Service Association has defied a court order restraining it from organising its members to strike in protest at the State Government's plans to privatise disability support work and will now face substantial penalties in the Supreme Court.
The NTEU, which has flagged that it will "substantially revise" its wage claim at Murdoch University, is accusing the institution of walking away from talks in the Fair Work Commission that might in any case be a "mere contrivance" on the way to it pursuing termination of its agreement.
The FWC has refused to provide an employer with access to the names of employees who support a bid for a majority support determination application, ruling that it is the best way to protect the workers’ privacy and freedom of association.
A court has temporarily restrained a business development manager, accused of stealing her employer's "trade secrets", from continuing to operate her own enterprise despite her claims that the employer agreed to remove restrictions on her before she resigned.
