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Invest now in compliance, Stewart urges employers

Closing Loopholes 2 provisions that substantially increase penalties for breaching the Fair Work Act should prompt employers to consider boosting their investment in payroll systems and checking compliance, Adelaide University Professor of Law Andrew Stewart says.

HR managers warned about tech companies' "espionage" language

Researchers say HR managers should be educated on the use of automated management and monitoring tools as tech companies are using "the language of espionage" to promote them and construct an antagonistic relationship with workers.

FWC consulting on updating its rules

FWC President Adam Hatcher is seeking feedback on revised procedural rules for the tribunal, including updates to improve usability and reflect legislative changes, ahead of the sunsetting of the current decade-old rules.

Scope questions torpedo Coles PABO bid

RAFFWU will challenge the rejection of a PABO bid targeting Coles supermarkets and Liquorland outlets after the FWC found it failed to genuinely bargain on behalf of salaried managers it wants to include in a multi-employer deal.

Record fine for CBA's systematic failures

The Federal Court has fined the Commonwealth Bank group a record $10.3 million over about $16 million in admitted underpayments to more than 7400 employees, citing the need to deter other large employers and especially those in financial services.

Iron ore supply threat averted as BHP buckles on guaranteed rises

BHP iron ore train drivers in the Pilbara have called off tomorrow's planned 24-hour strike, after reaching what the MEU says is an "industry-leading" in-principle enterprise deal that provides a guaranteed across-the-board 20% pay rise over four years and $40,000 in retention payments.

After 10-year battle, Esso deal before FWC for approval

AWU members employed at Esso's Bass Strait operations have voted up an enterprise agreement that delivers pay rises of 22% after the FWC brokered a resolution to a decade-long dispute that went all the way to the High Court.

FWC clears way for Matilda to pursue adverse action case

The FWC has rejected Australian Taekwondo's claims that chief executive and former Matildas player Heather Garriock turned down a new contract offer and instead held that it sacked her, opening the way for her to sue it for alleged adverse action.


TAFE workers reinstated after law firm's investigation criticised

The FWC has taken a leading law firm to task over its protracted investigation of three TAFE employees accused of fraudulent, dishonest and corrupt behaviour, rejecting findings of misconduct that led to their dismissal and ordering their reinstatement.