In a crucial ruling for practitioners, Fair Work Australia has clarified the circumstances in which casual employees can qualify for protection from unfair dismissal under the new Act.
Fair Work Australia has outlined the principles that apply under the Fair Work Act in considering whether an unfair dismissal application should be struck out because it has no reasonable prospect of success.
FWA has upheld the Department of Health and Ageing's dismissal of a manager for misconduct, after it discovered she had used taxis without authorisation up to 360 times over a three-year period and paid the fares with her departmental credit card.
Fair Work Australia has criticised The West Australian Newspaper's "unsound" HR practices and "indefensible" conduct in unfairly sacking an employee after 20 years of unblemished service.
A Coalition Government would introduce a six months paid parental leave scheme, funded by increasing the taxes levied on large companies, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced today.
A security employer was not required to follow-up with a worker who quit in emotional circumstances, but stuck to her guns after calming down, to check whether she had really intended to resign, Fair Work Australia has found.
Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard has called for a pause in the "hysteria" over the new IR system, in the wake of today's data revealing that private sector trend pay rates excluding bonuses are increasing at the lowest rate in 12 years.
The incompetence of a company's managers and the unprofessional actions of its HR specialists rendered unreasonable the sacking of a thieving manager, Fair Work Australia has ruled.
Some occupations could score more points than others, while work experience, excellence in English and qualifications from high quality overseas universities would be better rewarded under a raft of changes to the skilled migration points test the Federal Government is considering.
Fair Work Australia has reinstated a long-serving Norske Skog employee, after ruling it was harsh to sack him for repeatedly failing to wear safety glasses and finding it would have been a "disaster" for the man and his family if he lost his job.
