MUA WA branch official Will Tracey could seek a fresh entry permit, after a full Federal Court made it clear that the Fair Work Commission can exercise its discretion to issue him a conditional permit even though he failed the "fit and proper person" test.
A FWC full bench has rejected a sacked Qantas pilot's argument that spiking of his drink meant he couldn't be held responsible for s-xually assaulting a female flight crew member during a stopover in Chile.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected Alcoa Australia's appeal against a majority support determination the CFMEU secured last year for high level operators who had traditionally been on common law contracts.
A full Federal Court has rejected a paramedic's attempt to overturn a finding that he was dismissed because of his aggressive behaviour towards management rather than because he exercised his workplace rights to complain about his job.
The AMWU has fought off another challenge to its representation of workers at a high-tech respiratory equipment manufacturer, after the Federal Court upheld the Fair Work Commission's power to issue a majority support determination.
A senior public servant has lost his challenge to a Fair Work Commission finding that his department was performance-managing rather than bullying him.
An FWC full bench has emphasised that the tribunal should take a "global" rather than "line by line" approach when applying the better off overall test to agreements, while in another ruling the Commission has approved a deal with employer undertakings, despite union misgivings that it was originally voted up by only three employees who have since left the company.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected Glencore Xstrata's challenge to orders requiring the company to provide the tribunal with documents relating to its staffing decisions last year at its Collinsville open cut coal mine.
The High Court will decide whether a worker who received entitlements from an abattoir as a result of Fair Work Ombudsman proceedings was barred from making separate injury claims.
