A Perth hire company has been ordered to pay $25,500 in penalties after sacking a mobile crane operator when he asked about unpaid overtime and threatened to involve the union.
The FWC has found an unqualified engineer earning in excess of the high income threshold can pursue her unfair dismissal claim because she was covered under the relevant mining award.
The CFMEU has accused the FWBC of allowing a quest to "demonise" it get in the way of proper court processes following the watchdog's announcement that it has filed action against the union over alleged abuse of Gorgon LNG project workers.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has warned accessorial liability for workplace breaches is now being extended beyond employers and company directors to those working in human resources, management and recruitment.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission yesterday raided the offices of the ACT branch of the CFMEU, in an apparent sequel to the Heydon Royal Commission.
A BMW dealership has been ordered to pay $25,000 to a former employee who accessed pornography and "lifestyle" sites, after the FWC found procedural failures could have altered the decision to sack him.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has rejected a Labor proposal to make a joint submission to the Fair Work Commission on the importance of maintaining penalty rates.
The Fair Work Commission has resumed hearing another round of deadlocked pay talks involving Victorian firefighters, threatening more political problems for the Andrews Labor government.
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