In a decision assessing how long a valid reason remains "current", the FWC has overlooked serious procedural deficiencies to back a landscaping business's summary sacking of a gardener almost two months after he called a colleague a "fat exploiter of foreigners".
A massage business and its director must pay more than $2 million in fines and compensation after significantly short-changing temporary visa workers, subjecting them to a "cashback" scheme and threatening to kill their families if they blew the whistle.
A leading IR lawyer involved in a claim for an "exemption rate" in the Clerks Award says almost all employers of salaried staff, across industries, are breaching record-keeping requirements.
Mining giant Peabody has asked the High Court to weigh in on the "critical question" of when redundancies can be considered genuine and the extent of FWC powers to determine how employers might avoid job losses.
A FWC senior member has thrown out the unfair dismissal case of a Sri Lankan worker paid $300 a month as she did not meet the minimum employment period, but will refer it to the general manager for advice or to notify the authorities.
A Coalition majority on a Senate inquiry has recommended permitting first home buyers to withdraw an unlimited amount from their super accounts to fund their purchase, but Labor senators say the policy is "is bad for superannuation and bad for home ownership".
Commission seeking submissions on draft delegates clause; FWC pay panel looking for answers on employer claims; Peace deal for QantasLink Tamworth engineers; FAAA's O'Toole returned for four more years; Labour law conference seeking papers; Queensland IRC member to address Brisbane conference; and UN body celebrates Tran's path from refugee to FWC.
NSW unions are looking for solutions as "extremely shocking" preliminary results of an unpaid overtime survey suggest it is rife, with whole industries apparently dependent on it.
The TWU says it will campaign for Aldi to sign a national road transport enterprise agreement and if necessary will use new Closing Loopholes provisions to force the retailer to the negotiating table.
The ACTU has withdrawn its request to intervene in a MEU "same job same, pay" test case aiming to lift the pay of Workpac labour hire mineworkers after the employers, host employer and Ai Group confirmed they do not oppose the application.
