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Big fine for DEWR's "serious contravention" of Workplace Relations Act
The Federal Court has today ordered the DEWR to pay a penalty of $30,000 - just short of the $33,000 maximum - for discriminating against union members when it advised Australian Public Service agencies to refuse leave to employees who planned to take part in a 2005 national union protest against Work Choices.
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