The Fair Work Commission has warned the Dapto Leagues Club it might encounter difficulties enforcing its new policy against employee lip piercings or visible body art, noting the irony of its approach given "a majority of professional footballers" are "covered in tattoos".
The Federal Circuit Court has ruled that NSW employees on workers' compensation are entitled to accrue annual leave under the Fair Work Act, a situation that will be reversed if the Senate passes the Abbott Government's amendments to the federal legislation.
The Fair Work Commission will hold a rare Sunday hearing this weekend after issuing an interim order stopping the MUA from taking protected industrial action against the offshore oil and gas marine contractor, Farstad.
Qantas has won an appeal against a tribunal finding that two of its customer service agents had a right to indefinitely maintain a job-sharing arrangement.
A retail chain could have avoided unfairly sacking a strongly performing store manager for refusing a substantial pay cut if it had utilised its in-house HR expertise, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Independent Contractors Australia has challenged an ACCC ruling allowing the TWU to collectively bargain on behalf of a group of owner drivers engaged by Toll.
The Fair Work Commission has found that the United Firefighters Union is not bargaining in good faith in pressing Victoria's Country Fire Authority to agree to minimum staffing levels in enterprise bargaining negotiations, and has ordered the union to drop the claims.
Tasmania's Legislative Council has passed a Government bill designed to curtail rights to engage in workplace-disrupting pickets and protests, but only after removing mandatory jail terms for repeat offenders.
An ATO manager's conviction for indecency against a minor constituted a breach of the APS code of conduct that justified his dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
