A full Federal Court has overturned a ruling that the CFMEU induced and had knowing involvement in major construction company J Hutchinson's unlawful boycott of a non-union waterproofing subcontractor.
Finance sector employers are failing to properly train their workers to recognise and report sexual harassment, and are underestimating the extent of the problem, a new FSU survey has found.
The FWC has refused the AMWU's request to pause an employer's use of a new biometric facial scanning system for clocking on and off, because the company agreed that until the dispute concludes, workers can continue to use a manual timekeeping system.
Qantas has agreed to pay $21,000 compensation for its unlawful discriminatory conduct towards an elected health and safety representative it "sidelined" and then stood down during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Minns Labor Government will consider introducing an industrial manslaughter offence carrying fines of up to $18 million and lengthy prison sentences as part of a broader shake-up of NSW workplace safety laws.
Queensland's departing police commissioner failed to properly consider the human rights implications of two ultimately unlawful vaccination mandates issued at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Supreme Court review has found.
The FWC has published a combined timetable of key commencement dates for the now-assented Closing Loopholes 2 changes and its predecessor legislation, while DEWR is still working to update its suite of backgrounders to reflect the most recent amendments.
The new head of Safe Work Australia has called for better management of "psychosocial" hazards in the workplace on the back of escalating mental health compensation claims.
The FWC will soon initiate a major case to insert model "right to disconnect" terms into awards and publish a report on implementation of the tribunal's new gig and transport worker powers, according to its President, Adam Hatcher.
