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Federal Court confirms granting of permission for a party to be legally represented before FWC not a mere procedural decision

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 23 2013

Flick J of the Federal Court of Australia has quashed a decision of the Full Bench of Fair Work Australia (FWA) (now the Fair Work Commission (FWC

Employee's complaints regarding management issues did not enliven workplace rights

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 23 2013

The Federal Magistrates Court (now the Federal Circuit Court) has dismissed an employee's adverse action claim, on the basis that the complaints he

Unfairness does not necessarily equate to adverse action

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 23 2013

In this recent decision, the Federal Circuit Court made it clear that unfair conduct by an employer will not necessarily give the affected employee a

Enterprise agreement clauses called into question

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has declined to approve two enterprise agreements, finding the application clause to be "problematic". The FWC

Complaint made directly to employer can constitute a workplace right

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The Federal Circuit Court of Australia has held that an employee exercised a workplace right when she complained to her employer in relation to her

The cat's out of the bag - coalition releases its IR policy

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 9 2013

The Coalition released its workplace relations policy today with a statement that the policy "will not re-introduce Australian Workplace Agreements

“Acceptable alternative employment” test is not simply whether an employee is capable of carrying out new employment

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 8 2013

The FWC has dismissed an employer's application to reduce an employee's redundancy pay entitlement, on the basis that an offer of employment rejected

Employee’s complaints regarding management issues did not enliven workplace rights

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 8 2013

The Federal Magistrates' Court has dismissed an employee's adverse claim on the basis that the complaints he made to his employer did not constitute

Employer ordered to postpone ballot vote

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
  • -
  • April 8 2013

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered an employer to refrain from holding a vote for a proposed enterprise agreement, until after it had held

Orders stopping industrial action - how far can the Fair Work Commission go?

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • March 22 2013

A recent Fair Work Commission (FWC) Full Bench decision has examined the FWC's obligations to the parties in hearings relating to applications to