The IRC has refused to order the Commonwealth Bank to consult with the FSU about plans to make hundreds of employees redundant, after finding the bank had met its consultation and information sharing obligations.
In an important ruling, the IRC has refused to accept that "negligent handling" by an unfair dismissal claimant's legal representative justified an extension of time.
Parents in western market economies strongly prefer shorter working hours and flexible working-time arrangements and regard them as an entitlement rather than a privilege, according to a working family expert.
As the ASU's second strike in two weeks hinders Qantas operations, the union has launched legal action against the airline after it allegedly banned call-centre workers from working overtime because they had participated in protected industrial action.
A stockbroking firm's success in securing an injunction to restrain two brokers who moved to a rival firm highlights that companies should move quickly to enforce restraint clauses.
The last six years have seen a dramatic increase in the percentage of those employees putting in long hours who would prefer to work less, according to a new annual survey by the University of Melbourne.
In the first sign of failure for a risky strategy Victorian unions have been using, striking electricity workers in the La Trobe Valley have agreed to return to work after the Federal Court issued interim injunctions against them individually.
The DEWR wrongly calculated both the cap on compensation for unfair dismissals and the income threshold for making unfair dismissal claims for the past five years, WR Minister Tony Abbott has conceded.
Workers at the largest Australian-owned lift company, Liftronic, have walked off the job for three working days in a bargaining dispute over redundancy entitlements.
