The Productivity Commission says the workplace tribunal should have a "fast-track process" for early involvement in industrial disputes on the docks, while waterfront employers should have more options for taking their own protected action beyond lockouts.
A FWC member wrongly concluded that he lacked the power to hear the case of a university employee sacked for refusing to comply with COVID-19 vaccination directions, a full bench has found.
Former Coalition staffer Rachelle Miller has followed a $650,000 settlement with the Commonwealth with a plea for MPs to support the establishment of an independent body to enforce codes of conduct in Federal parliamentary workplaces.
A large employer had no need to pay for external lawyers when it could have relied on its HR team to argue against a former employee's "straightforward" vaccination case, the FWC has found.
The ACCC has secured a maximum $750,000 fine against the CFMMEU for breaching competition laws when it pressured a major construction company to boycott a non-union subcontractor.
Tasmania's Supreme Court has upheld the State Industrial Commission's decision to reinstate a teacher accused of child s-x offences, so that he is suspended on full pay.
The FWC has approved the termination of a small business's agreement after a tribunal member took the rare step of inviting workers to attend a teleconference where he spelled out the implications of reverting to the award.
Unions say an "eleventh hour" NSW Government ultimatum to seek to terminate deals covering train workers unless they call off all protected action by tomorrow afternoon is a clear example of the type of action that federal IR Minister Tony Burke will not support.
An employer has appealed to the Federal Court to quash FWC orders requiring five individuals to appear before a Commission full bench next week to address concerns over their role in the approval of its current agreement.
The FWC has declined to hear the unfair sacking case of a vaccinated worker who passed up "at least" eight chances to confirm her inoculation status before her employer dismissed then reinstated her within 48 hours.
