The TWU is considering its options after the FWC refused to grant permanent employees preference to work additional hours ahead of labour hire employees at Sydney's international airport.
A self-represented litigant pursuing an unfair dismissal claim already twice rejected by the FWC has been granted a "rare indulgence" after a court allowed him an extension to fix his claim and address concerns the case has no prospects of success.
The AMWU is pushing for 'site rates' at a big McCains food processing plant in regional Victoria to discourage the spread of contractors and labour hire workers by ensuring they are on the same pay and conditions as employees.
Incentive payment provisions in a remuneration document referenced in abattoir operator Teys Australia's enterprise agreement did not vary or become incorporated terms of the agreement, a full Federal Court has ruled.
The FWC has granted an AWU bid for a majority support determination after an employer "gilded the lily" in its one-sided presentation against bargaining with the union at a toolbox meeting.
The FWC has agreed to suppress the identity of an employee representative who signed off on an enterprise agreement on the condition he would remain anonymous, because he feared victimisation in the workplace after the ETU resolved to oppose it.
The Fair Work Commission has granted an interim order to stop DP World from requiring its stevedores at the Port of Melbourne to take on the new task of mooring and un-mooring ships.
