Coles has told the Fair Work Commission it will not make the changes required for its 2014-17 supermarkets enterprise agreement to pass the better off overall test.
The AiG is challenging the FWC's rejection of an enterprise agreement because it didn't comply with strict 14-day bargaining notice requirements, arguing that the ruling imposes unworkable and costly restrictions.
An FWC full bench has confirmed that the Rail Tram and Bus Union is not entitled to represent the industrial interests of members covered by a new agreement for the maintenance contractor serving Fortescue Metals Group's rail operations in the Pilbara.
The Federal Court has cast doubt on whether there is a basis for ordering a company to pay penalties or compensation for adverse action against a worker, because it never acted on a recommendation to dismiss him for making a harassment claim that allegedly had shaky foundations.
An FWC full bench has ordered Melbourne's fire brigade to consult with the firefighters union over proposed changes to its recruitment procedures but not over quotas to increase female participation.
FWC accepts six-minutes-late dismissal claim; Creative crane driver fails to win job back; FWC member showed no real or apparent bias, says bench; and Tribunal douses smoker's bid to win job back.
An employer's bid to lock the CFMEU out of its agreement's coverage due to an "oversight" has led to a full bench overturning previous authorities that would have generated an "irrational" result.
A Qantas pilot, who blamed a spiked drink for his groping of a female flight crew member during a Santiago lay-over, has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected by an FWC full bench for the second time.
