An FWC member has observed that a business with more than 40 employees "is large enough to warrant a HR manager and a HR officer" in a case where an employer sought leave to challenge its own HR manager's recollection of events.
The FWC's minimum wage panel is seeking submissions by next Friday on whether to hold a preliminary hearing into new "budget standards" research that establishes the income required for a healthy lifestyle, updated for changes in household expenses since the development of the original benchmark in the mid-1990s.
The FWC has approved a new code-compliant enterprise agreement between the CFMEU and a key Boral concreting subsidiary that provides a right for casuals to request permanency after six weeks.
New mines in Queensland will no longer be allowed to use an entirely fly-in, fly-out workforce if nearby towns have suitable candidates, under legislation passed by state parliament last night.
Qantas group employees who have agreed to the airline's 18-month wage freeze will receive a bonus of $2000 to $2500, the airline announced today as it released its second successive bumper annual profit in its full-year financial results.
Slater and Gordon faces the departure of more senior lawyers – including the head of its crucial personal injury practice in Australia - as speculation grows over possible job cuts when the ASX-listed law firm announces its annual results next week.
The long-serving 65-year-old manager of one of the country's largest non-profit community legal centres has won her job back, with a 20% pay hike, after the FWC found the organisation's management committee deliberately designed a restructuring process to scuttle her candidacy.
The Federal Court has rejected CFMEU argument that the Fair Work Act's explanatory memorandum compels a finding that union officials are entitled to exercise their entry rights to hold discussions with members and potential members before their shifts begin.
High Court challenges to rulings stymieing an ABCC push to prohibit unions from paying officials' fines and another allowing a union to pursue an adverse action claim on behalf of non-members have been delayed while it considers legal issues around the postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage.
