The Federal Court has raised some important questions over whether employees have a "workplace right" to talk to the media about conditions in their workplaces.
A pest control company that sacked a bookings officer for initially refusing to disclose whether her partner had gone to work for a rival business was entitled to seek such information, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A company's requirement for an employee to work additional unpaid hours and make himself available on-call was neither lawful nor reasonable, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in upholding his unfair dismissal claim.
A senior member of the Fair Work Commission has told employers they need strong workplace conduct policies and grievance procedures and should select line managers with good interpersonal skills, to help them prevent bullying claims.
Officials and organisers of the HSU's Victorian No 1 branch were issued right of entry permits after their online tests were completed by other employees of the union, the Heydon Royal Commission has been told.
A motor mechanic who misled his employer about his trade qualifications in a job interview had destroyed the trust and confidence in the employment relationship, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
TWU national secretary Tony Sheldon has told the Heydon Royal Commission that he has "no recollection" of asking his Victorian secretary Wayne Mader to contribute $20,000 from a state-based fighting fund to support the incumbent leader of the ETU in NSW.
A new report from a major employment law firm predicts that the Senate will pass the Abbott Government's Fair Work Act and building industry amendments, suggests the next reforms will be limits on industrial action and productivity requirements for enterprise agreements, and highlights the lower than expected activity in the FWC's anti-bullying jurisdiction.
The Federal Circuit Court has hit a transport operator who sacked a driver for taking carer's leave and then terrorised him, his family and his union solicitor when he instituted legal proceedings with close to the maximum penalty for unlawful adverse action.
