Fair Work Australia
News and interviews on Fair Work Australia including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Thomson denies HSU allegations, slams Fair Work report Monday, 21 May 2012
Craig Thomson has denied allegations he misused union funds while he was the secretary of the Health Services Union in an address to Parliament today. ...
Fair Work Ombudsman applies for court order to wind up Melbourne food business
Friday, 11 May 2012
The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken action in the Federal Court to wind up a Melbourne café that underpaid its staff and then failed to pay the Ombudsman's fines. ...
Trade deficit expands during March: Midday roundup
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
Australia's trade deficit expanded during March, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ...
Fair Work Australia must embrace flexibility too: Gottliebsen
Thursday, 03 May 2012
Those at Port Douglas on Good Friday this year discovered one reason why unemployment in Australia is going to rise a lot further, and why further interest rate cuts (which are likely) will not help. ...
Fair Work Australia overturns decision to sack worker for gossiping
Tuesday, 08 February 2011
Fair Work Australia has declared a childcare worker who was sacked by her employer for “back-biting” was unfairly dismissed, despite the fact the company had a policy in place saying that gossiping against other staff would not be tolerated. ...
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry claims Fair Work laws make it too easy to strike
Wednesday, 08 December 2010
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the Labor Government's Fair Work Act faces a key litmus test after the industrial umpire granted a transport union the right to hold a secret ballot to approve industrial action, despite the company involved ...
Why we need a review of IR laws
Tuesday, 07 December 2010
As we approach the end of a year of change in industrial relations, revelations that the Federal Opposition might review its policy stance on industrial relations should be welcomed. ...
National Retail Association to renew push for short shifts for student casual workers
Tuesday, 07 December 2010
The National Review Association will renew its push for the minimum shift length for student workers to be lowered from three hours with a fresh application to Fair Work Australia. ...
No end to Christmas public holiday confusion as Fair Work rejects proposal to harmonise penalty rate laws
Friday, 03 December 2010
Employers will be forced to "double dip" and award penalty rates for multiple public holidays this Christmas season, after Fair Work Australia ruled against a proposal from the Australian Industry Group that would harmonise the public holiday dates across all ...
ACT declares Christmas Day a public holiday, employers forced to pay twice in more Christmas public holiday chaos
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
South Australia and Victoria are now the only two states yet to declare Christmas Day a public holiday, with employees in those states set to miss out on penalty rates, after the Australian Capital Territory declared yesterday that Saturday, December 25 will ...
Christmas holiday trading chaos continues, Coles set to lose $15 million in sales
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
The chaos over Christmas holiday trading continues to escalate, with supermarkets warning the New South Wales Government that it will lose $15 million in sales due to the structure of the state's public holiday schedule, which will prohibit it from opening ...
Employer groups appeal Fair Work Australia decision to reject agreement which allows annual leave to be cashed out
Friday, 19 November 2010
Peak employer group the Australian Industry Group will appeal the rejection of three workplace agreements by Fair Work Australia, claiming the industrial umpire is trying to prevent agreements where employees are allowed to cash out their annual leave entitlements. ...
FWA defines redeployment obligation
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
The Fair Work Act prevents employees who have been made genuinely redundant from making a claim that they have been unfairly dismissed. But in order to show that a redundancy was "genuine", employers have to satisfy three basic tests. ...
Unemployment rises to 5.4%, Inflation expectations ease: Economy Roundup
Thursday, 11 November 2010
The unemployment rate has risen unexpectedly to a seasonally adjusted 5.4% in October, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ...
Business will keep paying for John Howard’s big IR mistake: Gottliebsen
Thursday, 11 November 2010
John Howard was a good judge of Australian politics for decades. In his KGB interview he reveals two mistakes that have changed the face of Australia. One was made by himself and the other by Kevin Rudd. ...
Public holiday chaos over Christmas period hits business owners
Tuesday, 09 November 2010
The Australian Industry Group has applied to Fair Work Australia to fix the Christmas and New Year's public holiday chaos, arguing some small businesses will be hit by having to pay holiday wages twice for one public holiday. ...
Benefits of the small business code in the FWA
Tuesday, 09 November 2010
Small business is starting to see the benefits of the small business code in the Fair Work Act (FWA). The FWA has a more generous approach to both the process and threshold tests for summary dismissal. Small businesses (ie. businesses with less than 15 full-time ...
Fair Work Australia statistics cast doubt on whether small business checklist will help SMEs in unfair dismissal cases
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Statistics from Fair Work Australia show the industrial umpire dismissed just nine unfair dismissal cases in which the employer had correctly followed the Labor government’s much-vaunted Small Business Dismissal Checklist, which was designed to help protect ...
Figures reveal three quarters of unfair dismissal conciliations ended with employers paying cash to staff
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Figures from Fair Work Australia have revealed that three quarters of the unfair dismissal claims conciliated involved employers paying a financial settlement to former staff. ...
Unfair dismissal claims climb 35% under Fair Work Act; expert disputes Government claim “go away” money is back
Thursday, 14 October 2010
The Government says there is no evidence that employers are being forced to pay "go away" money to settle unfair dismissal claims, despite new statistics revealing the number of unfair dismissal claims has jumped 35% under the Fair Work industrial relations ...
