A full Federal Court has refused to overturn a finding that an employee whose firm was placed in receivership resigned and as such was not entitled to the $273,360 payout he claimed.
The Federal Court has found that shifting seasonal workers to a new employer after they'd worked 40 hours a week was a "sham" arrangement to avoid paying overtime.
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that Subclass 457 visa holders cannot make legally binding employment contracts with employers that are not registered to sponsor them under the Migration Act.
The Fair Work Commission has issued its first ruling in its new bullying jurisdiction, dismissing a claim because the complainant failed to respond to two requests to provide more details and did not pay the filing fee.
The Abbott Government says it has given former High Court judge Dyson Heydon a broad brief to probe employer behaviour and the role of police in industrial matters in the royal commission announced this afternoon, but the focus of its terms of reference is squarely on union misconduct.
Jetstar unlawfully deducted training costs from the wages of cadet pilots, despite warnings against doing so from its external IR consultant and its head of flying operations, the Federal Court has revealed in a penalty judgment today.
A peak body for accountants has called on the federal government to improve the equity of super by retaining co-contributions for low earners and permitting all Australian workers to claim a tax deduction for personal contributions, but the assistant treasurer has reiterated the government's commitment to proceeding with its planned changes.
Union officials who repeatedly act in an unreasonable fashion towards workers or managers could be exposed to orders under the new Fair Work anti-bullying regime, according to senior lawyers from Seyfarth Shaw.
*FWC receives first bullying claims *Scope of 4 yearly modern award review to be discussed next month *FWC amends award super clauses to comply with MySuper obligations *Undertakings would change trucking EA too much
The FWC has rejected two proposed enterprise agreements because the notices of representational rights provided to employees included extra information that rendered them invalid.
