Qube Ports must withdraw final warnings issued to seven Port Kembla workers who refused shift extensions, after the FWC took its bargaining team by "complete surprise" and found the employer misconstrued a common abbreviation in its agreement.
The CFMMEU is negotiating short-term enterprise agreements with some employers so that it can pursue more beneficial deals if there is a change in the "legislative industrial climate", the Fair Work Commission has been told.
A worker sacked a month after quitting her union over dissatisfaction with its services should have informed herself of the 21-day limit to make an unfair dismissal application, the FWC has found.
A Federal government department acted reasonably in dismissing an employee who secretly recorded conversations with colleagues and required daily management from five different executives during an 18-month absence from work, the FWC has ruled.
A bus company's live-in general manager has failed to reverse an order reinstating a driver sacked after forcibly removing an abusive passenger, an FWC full bench refusing to admit fresh evidence that it would be detrimental to her health.
A former Cricket Australia manager's lawyers have today filed legal action in the Federal Court alleging she was dismissed over personal tweets, in the latest test of an employee's use of social media to express political opinions.
Glowing Facebook reviews and lengthy text messages describing a "truly awesome" adventure holiday have undone a former director's claims that he was too depressed to file his unfair dismissal application on time.
The AWU is urging more than 1200 striking Alcoa workers to reject a revised management deal as the action affecting the company's West Australian operations enters its fourth week.
