Notices to employees that allegedly misrepresented union support for a proposed enterprise agreement that had the "potential to mislead" and could be characterised as "unfair" did not undermine the collective bargaining process, a FWC full bench has ruled.
The FWC has stymied a bid by an employer on a major resources project to win approval for its enterprise agreement, ruling its 36 casual workers were not eligible to vote because they weren't "employed at the time" when they voted.
The FWC has granted the AMIEU access to the records of non-members after it raised suspicions an employer was underpaying workers by failing to honour an incentive payment scheme.
The Turnbull Government has given Fair Work Commission Vice President Michael Lawler until March 4 to respond to the findings from the Heerey investigation into complaints against him.
Just 1% of national system employers received formal requests for flexible working arrangements over the past three years and 40% received informal requests, but they only flatly rejected about 1% of the total, according to a report prepared by FWC general manager Bernadette O'Neill.
The FWC has refused to issue anti-bullying orders against a high-profile Adelaide restaurant because it implemented positive measures to tackle unreasonable behaviour.
FWC accepts PC report as submission rather than evidence; Heerey report due at end of month; Patrick talks continuing; Productivity portfolio dropped in Turnbull's reshuffle; and MUA tells members not to respond to FWO overtures.
The FWC has ordered an employer to pay more than $25,000 compensation to a truck driver it sacked for serious misconduct, based on "flimsy" CCTV evidence.
