Energy Australia is not backing down in an industrial dispute over overtime pay for casual workers at its Yallourn Power Station, seeking leave to appeal a judge’s dismissal of its case and his ruling that it foot the unions’ entire legal bill.
A former employee of Toll Transport has violated a court order that he remove a racially charged video he filmed of Senator Sam Dastyari while wearing a company-branded uniform.
Airport workers protested Friday as the Federal Court prepared to hear arguments in a case over whether staff can be made to work split shifts.
Courts can stop union officials from seeking union cover to avoid paying court-issued fines for breaking the Fair Work Act, the High Court said Wednesday.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union has been hit with a record $1 million fine for secondary boycotts at construction sites around Melbourne, a big win for Australia’s consumer regulator in its five-year legal battle with the union.
Slater & Gordon will face the Fair Work Commission in a dispute with the Australian Services Union after a “very unsatisfactory meeting” over the law firm’s restructuring plans.