The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has awarded compensation to a truck driver who was unfairly dismissed for sleeping on the job after the company did not uphold procedural fairness during the dismissal.

The Victorian Chamber has announced the expert panel of speakers for its upcoming Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) event on Wednesday March 22.

In late 2022, the Federal Parliament passed the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Amendment Act 2022, featuring some of the most significant changes to Australia’s industrial relations laws in the last decade.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has awarded compensation to an employee unfairly dismissed for making “unsophisticated” comments after the company did not allow procedural fairness during the dismissal.

The CEO of the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games Jeroen Weimar says the event will present significant opportunities for Victorian businesses, particularly those in the regions.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) denied an employee’s unfair dismissal application after he took a period of unauthorised leave to visit a relative overseas and subsequently filed his application 15 days late.

This month many Australians will be celebrating Australia Day on January 26.

In late 2022, the Commonwealth Government’s ‘Secure Jobs, Better Pay Amendment Act 2022’ was passed by Federal Parliament, delivering some of the most significant changes to Australia’s industrial relations laws in the last decade.

Melbourne has been announced as the host of the 14th World Chambers Congress (WCC), to be held in September 2025 and co-organised by the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in partnership with the Melbourne Convention Bureau is delighted to have secured the co-organising committee rights to one of the world’s biggest business events, the 14th World Chambers Congress (WCC) in September 2025.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has held that a Sydney Trains employee is to be reinstated after he was initially accused of assaulting a 14-year-old female student on a train platform.

The Victorian Chamber will partner with Jobs Victoria and Youth Activating Youth (YAY) to improve pathways for multicultural youth facing barriers to employment.

The Federal Court of Australia has held that a resources company should have paid untaken personal leave to 20 employees whose jobs were made redundant in 2020.

The 36th Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry Conference (CACCI) has opened at the Melbourne and Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has upheld the dismissal of a FIFO mine worker who was terminated after he abandoned his employment to return home without notifying the company.

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