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The prospect of Qube Logistics and Patrick Stevedores pursuing the MUA over bans on loading and unloading containers at Port Botany remains alive despite the companies' failure to start proceedings during a Federal Court hearing this morning.

A Western Australia court of appeal has rejected the RTBU's bid to reinstate a transit officer sacked for making false allegations against her supervisor, confirming it would be "impracticable" for the employer-employee relationship to continue given the absence of trust between the parties.

An FWC full bench has confirmed that many aged care and nursing employers are entitled to change employees' rosters without consent to meet business needs, as long as they don't breach their workplace agreements.

The FWC has this morning issued an s418 order to halt unlawful bans at Patrick's Port Botany container terminal.

An accountancy firm that knowingly failed to maintain current award rates of pay in its MYOB payroll system has been found accessorially liable for an employer's underpayments.

Retail and hospitality only accounts for about one-third of the 2.75 million employees who work on a typical weekend, according to a new report.

Queensland's Palaszczuk Labor Government will introduce legislation this month to mandate the licensing of labour hire companies from next year, setting the pace for other Labor states such as Victoria and South Australia.

Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James says low penalties are creating a "perverse incentive" for a "dangerous minority" of employers to use inaccurate or incomplete records to conceal underpayments, forcing the watchdog to use novel, labour-intensive strategies to piece together employees' working hours.

A CFMEU lodge secretary is considering challenging a contempt finding against him over his refusal to comply with a court order to allow a search of his home.

Qube Logistics has today taken the first steps toward pursuing about 30 employees over bans on loading and unloading containers at the Port Botany facility of its half-owned operation, Patrick Stevedores.