The Federal Court has given a media company until next month to change its defence against an article that allegedly carries the defamatory imputation that a university professor created or fostered a toxic workplace culture of bullying and fear.
RAFFWU has established that most Victorian workers at Factory X fashion brands Dangerfield and Princess Highway want to bargain but has lost its bid for a MSD after the FWC found it arbitrarily excluded cottage sister brand Gorman.
A construction company has failed in its bid to stop potential strikes amid claims of union interference in the protected action ballot process, the FWC pointing out that it cannot make orders preventing industrial action yet to be endorsed or notified.
Coal mining companies have called for the FWC to ensure that the new workplace delegates' rights do not allow an employee of one employer to represent employees of another, but the ACTU says the employer proposal "unjustifiably narrows" the Fair Work Act's definition of "enterprise".
A training officer employed on a fixed term contract can proceed with his adverse action case against a volunteer rescue organisation after the FWC accepted that it sacked him when it told him two weeks before its expiry that it would not be renewed.
A judge has warned the FWO of a possible "perception" it failed to comply with its model litigant obligations after dropping the "most serious" claim of threatening behaviour from a CFMEU right of entry case as part of a liability deal.
An international retailer, TK Maxx, has pleaded guilty to seven breaches of Victoria's child employment laws at one of its stores, with the Melbourne Magistrates Court placing it on an adjourned undertaking for 12 months with the condition it pay $5,000 to the court fund.
In a significant judgment on the FWC's powers, a full Federal Court has today dismissed a major hospitality group's claim that a Commission bench exhibited bias when it voiced its concerns about an already-approved agreement ultimately revealed to have been voted up by three venue managers and a payroll employee not covered by it.
A FWC full bench has made a provisional ruling in favour of ensuring the lowest pay classification in modern awards is used only for a short period of induction and training, making the second lowest rate the benchmark for continuing employment.
A worker has failed to convince the FWC that his summary dismissal took effect on the day his employer paid him in lieu of notice, rather than his last day of work two months earlier when it notified him in writing.
