A consulate must compensate a driver whose contract demanded he retire at 65, with a senior FWC member finding no reason why India's government cannot revise its "discriminatory" compulsory retirement policy for Australian-based employees.
Federal Court judge Michael Lee says he is "disturbed" that he is being asked by the TWU's external lawyers, "at the heels of the hunt", to extend what initially appeared to a realistic timetable to distribute tens of millions of dollars to more than a thousand workers who had their jobs unlawfully outsourced by Qantas.
Recognising rostering as skilled labour should be a reform priority for the public health system, according to a newly-released report, as the NSWNMA urges the Minns Government to collaborate on recommendations aimed at delivering "good flex" and improving retention.
CPI eases; Prosecutor to accompany royal commission, says Carroll; Workplace protection orders regime for Victoria; and New assistant national secretary for AMWU.
"Unfortunate" statutory language means that a state MP can "dispense" with an electoral officer for allegedly discriminatory reasons, leaving the staffer unable to fight the sacking, a court has found.
Craig McGregor, the incumbent secretary for health union VAHPA, is seeking to hand over the reins to his executive officer and repel a challenge, in a union election that opens today, from a rank-and-file ticket that thwarted a branch merger earlier this year.
In a significant decision on apportioning blame for safety breaches, the FWC has ordered the reinstatement of a supervisor for confectioner Mars after finding a HR manager conducted a "too narrow" investigation of the aftermath of an incident involving a forklift piercing an 850kg carton of mints.
