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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The consumer regulator has launched enforcement action against Equifax, accusing the credit reporting company of duping vulnerable customers into paying for credit reports that were only as good as its free reports.
ASIC put banks and other lenders on notice Thursday that unfair lending contracts aimed at small business will be an enforcement priority for the securities regulator.
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.
Online ticket reseller Viagogo has shot back at the consumer regulator’s allegations that it charged hefty fees and was not upfront about it, saying in a recently filed defence that its pricing was “adequately disclosed” on its website.