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FWC rejects ACTU bid for flexible hours, oks unpaid domestic violence leave
Employment 2018-03-27 3:18 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The Fair Work Commission has rejected a call by unions for family-friendly working arrangements but provisionally offered a compromise that would expand the number of employees eligible to negotiate flexible hours.

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Domino’s scraps plans for new enterprise agreement
Article 2018-03-26 8:10 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Domino’s Pizza has dropped its pursuit of a new enterprise bargaining agreement and will leave employees on the fast food industry award, the company said Monday.

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Telstra faces $10M fine for unauthorized billing charges
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-26 1:23 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Telstra could pay as much as $10 million in penalties after admitting it misled customers by billing them for mobile phone apps they unwittingly bought.

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Souvenir supplier sold fake Aboriginal art, ACCC says
Article 2018-03-22 1:16 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The ACCC has accused an Aboriginal art and souvenir supplier of sourcing its products from Indonesia but falsely claiming they were made or hand painted in Australia by Indigenous people.

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ACTU calls for Fair Work Act update to combat ‘wage theft’
Employment 2018-03-22 11:23 am By Christine Caulfield

ACTU secretary Sally McManus called for an overhaul of the Fair Work Act on Wednesday, saying Australia’s workplace laws were broken and the Turnbull government was willfully ignoring the crisis.

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Woolworths wins appeal of FWC’s extension in unfair dismissal case
Employment 2018-03-21 9:46 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A full bench of the Fair Work Commission on Wednesday overturned a decision extending the time allowed for a Woolworths’ employee to lodge an unfair dismissal case by 164 days, saying the commissioner was wrong to find acceptable three unacceptable reasons for such a delay.

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High Court to hear Google defamation case Tuesday
Article 2018-03-19 10:21 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Whether Google is liable as a publisher for defamatory content that pops up in search engine results is the question before the High Court on Tuesday, and the answer could drastically alter the way large Internet companies do business.

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ASX updates disclosure obligations in wake of GetSwift action
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2018-03-19 12:47 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The Australian Stock Exchange has updated rules on company disclosures regarding consumer contracts, in the wake of a share suspension and investor class action against logistics software company GetSwift for “overhyped” business contract announcements.

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Linfox workers lose appeal in FWC case
Employment 2018-03-16 9:23 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A group of Linfox workers in Victoria has lost a challenge to a Fair Work Commission ruling that found in favor of the transport giant in a dispute over the scope of their jobs.

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FWC won’t delay super union merger
Construction 2018-03-16 3:15 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The Fair Work Commission has refused a bid by an employer group to halt the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and two other unions while a challenge is heard.

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