Postal workers to vote on industrial action; NUW stoush not over yet; Court freezes most of massive harassment payout; and Digest available for construction IR bill.
A tribunal has ordered a public transport provider to pay a bus driver $29,000 in compensation for refusing to employ him because it believed his health wasn’t good enough to safely perform his duties.
Fair Work Australia will order a ballot to resolve whether the AMWU has majority support among workers at hearing device manufacturer Cochlear, which suggested today that up to 10 of the 171 employee survey forms the union is relying on in its majority support application could be fraudulent.
The Federal Government will train 30,000 apprentices in "practical, job ready" green skills in 2010 and 2011, under a plan announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the ALP's biennial national conference today.
The Federal Government will consult with unions and employer groups as well as the peak bodies for small business and the self-employed over the next three months to finalise details of its paid parental leave scheme, which is due to begin in January 2011.
A tribunal has ordered KFC to pay a teenage worker $15,000 damages as compensation for sexual harassment by an assistant manager, who purred at her like a cat and asked her to swim nude with him at Sydney's Bondi Beach.
An industrial advocate criticised by the AIRC for dragging out a client's unfair dismissal claim, despite knowing it was hopeless, has succeeded in having the costs order made against him reduced on appeal.
A business owner who described himself to a new female employee as "touchy feely" and gave her uninvited kisses has been ordered by the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal to pay her $8600 compensation for sexual harassment.
Women with access to paid maternity leave tend to return to work after having a child more quickly than those with unpaid or no leave entitlement, a new study based on HILDA data has found.
