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Slater and Gordon seeks costs for CFMEU merger objections
Slater and Gordon is seeking costs for defending against unsuccessful challenges brought by two industry groups to the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union with two other unions.
Sacked delivery riders take test cases to Fair Work Commission
The Fair Work Commission will have a chance to weigh whether delivery riders are protected under workplace laws when two riders take their unfair dismissal cases to the agency this week.
Industry groups appeal FWC approval of CFMEU merger
Industry groups filed an appeal yesterday of a Fair Work Commission decision that granted approval to the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union with two other unions.
Overlapping case dooms Visy bid to restart FWC action
Recycling giant Visy has lost an appeal of a decision to halt unfair dismissal claims by two employees while the company's Federal Court action over workplace strikes proceeds.
FWC allows CFMEU merger to go ahead
The Fair Work Commission has given the go-ahead to the proposed merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union with two other unions, a marriage that will result in a powerhouse union with over 144,000 members.
Game-changing ruling finds Spotless workers owed redundancy
Long-time employees of Spotless Services who were fired after a subsidiary lost a cleaning contract with a Sunshine Coast shopping centre were owed redundancy pay, the Federal Court has found in a precedential ruling.
Ex-Norton Rose partner can’t move mediation out of Sydney
A former Norton Rose employment partner in litigation with the firm over his firing has lost his bid to move next week's scheduled mediation out of Sydney.
Drink, drugs & a dodgy investigation can’t save a coal miner’s job
Alcohol, anti-depressants and the common use of bad language at the Illawarra coal mine did not excuse a sacked miner's threatening and expletive-laced phone calls to colleagues, the full Fair Work Commission has found.
FWC tosses Qantas appeal over worker classification
Qantas Ground Services has lost its challenge to the Full Fair Work Commission in a dispute with the Transport Workers Union over the classification of the company's commissionaires, a small group of employees who transport disabled and elderly passengers between terminals.
TWU appeals fine for leaving lapsed members on books
The Transport Worker's Union of Australia is challenging a $270,000 fine in a case brought by the union monitor alleging it kept almost 21,000 lapsed members on its register and failed to keep copies of records.