Toyota Australia Postpones Employee Vote Following Federal Court Ruling

Toyota Australia's plans for a new workplace agreement have fallen foul of the Federal Court. A legal challenge from four senior employees has Toyota in the uncomfortable position of finding that it has breached the Fair Work Australia Act.

The Court ruled that Toyota could not vary its current workplace agreement, due to expire in March 2015, under the “no-extra-claims” clause within the existing agreement.

Workers at Toyota’s Altona plant were due to vote on the new agreement today, but a directive from the Federal Court to halt all action has seen the vote postponed.