The RTBU cannot organise further industrial action on Melbourne's passenger train network while bargaining for a new Metro Trains agreement, after the Federal Court today held that it failed to fully comply with orders to post notices that a fare free day was cancelled.
In a decision emphasising the "reasonable steps" employers must take in explaining proposed agreements to workers, the FWC has refused to approve a large labour hire company's deal after a "lost opportunity" to clarify its terms and its failure to present sufficient detail about information sessions.
The Federal Circuit Court has meted out a $41,040 fine to an NBN subcontractor that was "entirely uncooperative" with FWO proceedings relating to non-payment of a teenage labourer.
The FWC has upheld BHP's dismissal of a track maintenance coordinator who failed to conduct the correct level of risk assessment when a section of rail bowed out on its Pilbara network, rejecting claims he had not been properly educated about the company's guidelines.
The FWC has rebuffed a worker's bid to remain anonymous in opposing an employer's application to terminate an agreement, finding their concerns of "possible acrimony" did not unseat the principles of open justice.
The Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation is suing the Australian Medical Association, accusing it of unlawfully scrapping a joint-membership arrangement under which the union provided IR services.
The Morrison Government has today rammed the third-generation Ensuring Integrity Bill through the House of Representatives, after using its numbers to gag debate
NSW public school teachers have today voted to accept a new salaries and conditions package, while also voting to condemn the State Government for its 2.5% salary cap and restrictions on access to the State IRC to run work value cases.
A-G's Department unchanged after restructure; National accounts show productivity drop; Restoring wage growth better than tax cuts; Life sentences possible under NT industrial manslaughter laws; Post-dismissal knowledge justified sacking, says FWC.
The MUA claims to have seen off the threat of further automation and outsourcing at DP World Australia under a proposed new national enterprise agreement.
