Australia's national science agency, the CSIRO, has received a mixed report card from an independent investigation into allegations of workplace bullying, which found that while the organisation's work culture wasn't "toxic", its policies had encouraged a "blame the victim" approach.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has overturned two more decisions of Commissioner John Ryan, holding he made factual errors and placed too much reliance on the dismissed worker's evidence in both cases.
The Federal Circuit Court has ruled that there is no unfettered right to freedom of political expression in dismissing a federal public servant's application for a declaration that any finding that she had breached the APS code of conduct for tweeting her opinions would breach her implied constitutional rights.
The Federal Court has today found that an employment contract that obliged WIN Television to pay production director Rodney Hockey a resignation payment "as a redundancy" did not breach tax laws and was not invalid, but did not amount to misleading conduct by the network.
In a significant decision on Australian employment contract law, a full court of the Federal Court has found that the Commonwealth Bank breached an implied term of confidence and trust when it failed to consider redeployment opportunities for one of its executive managers shortly prior to dismissing him.
Leave loading ruling probably not last word, says Giudice; Abbott leaves door open on delayed paid parental leave; & Victoria updates leave calculator.
A Federal Circuit Court judge has relied on a mechanical fitter's inadvertent mobile phone recording of a meeting with his supervisor to reject his claim that he was unduly pressured to accept deductions in remuneration.
A senior manager's employment contract that could be terminated by either party with four weeks' notice was not overridden by internal disciplinary procedures requiring multiple warnings prior to dismissal, the Victorian Supreme Court has found.
There won't be real stability in the national IR system until there is a place for statutory individual contracts - at least for high income earners - according to a law firm partner.
