The FWC has given seven employers extra time to shift from a contentious payment tool for calculating the wages of workers with disabilities, while conciliation continues for unions, employers and disability groups trying to reach agreement on a new system.
FWC reserves decision on Telstra agreement; Meaney takes over as NUW NSW branch secretary; & Fine for company and director that acted with "reckless disregard".
Professional Footballers Australia and Football Federation Australia are close to finalising the first-ever single collective agreement to cover the Socceroos, Matildas and A League players.
Morning sickness justifies extending time; Legal representation granted in drug test dismissal case; Constructive dismissal by phone justified after vehicle log book failure; Refusal to accept a large settlement not unreasonable, says FWC; and "Informal chat" insufficient consultation for horse trainer redundancy.
A full Federal Court has rejected Rio Tinto's argument that the enterprise agreement for one of its coal mines provides paid extended personal leave only on a discretionary basis.
An FWC full bench today reserved its decision on a challenge to the approval of the Coles/Bi-Lo supermarkets agreement, after hearing that up to 50,000 employees of could be financially disadvantaged under the deal, which covers more than 77,000 workers.
The Fair Work Commission has finalised a model term for time-off-in-lieu of payment for overtime, as part of the four-yearly modern award review process.
The Federal Court has penalised a university for threatening engaging in adverse action against senior teaching staff and educators when it prepared secret plans to transfer them to a new employing entity.
A full Federal Court majority has today found that a passively-worded redundancy clause in a university's enterprise agreement imposes firm obligations on it to exhaust other options before proceeding with compulsory redundancies.
