The ACTU has called for the Federal Government's paid parental leave bill - introduced into parliament yesterday - to include a statutory object clearly stating that the new scheme is an addition to existing paid parental leave entitlements, while both the AiG and BCA say they don't expect employers will reduce existing arrangements.
The ASU has secured a majority support determination to force IBM to the bargaining table, in what could be the first time the company will negotiate with a union for an enterprise agreement for its Australian operations.
One in five - or more than two million - of Australia's 10.7 million workers are now casuals and one million more are independent contractors, according to ABS data released today.
Virgin Blue has reached agreement with the ASU and TWU on a new pay deal that will deliver 1400-odd ground crew wage increases of 3% a year and almost double their parental leave entitlement.
A HR services company that purported to make redundant a female manager who was returning from maternity leave should have redeployed her and retrenched another employee, a senior FWA member has ruled in rejecting the employer's bid to have her unfair dismissal bid thrown out.
Lack of regard for under-21s sinks agreement; Workers hired after notice must be given vote; Agreements must not include "inappropriate" common law duties and; "Conditional" employees cannot make agreements
A long-serving Patrick employee who won a compensation order after being sacked for fighting has lost the lot, after a FWA full bench rejected his bid for reinstatement and found the company was justified in summarily dismissing him for misconduct.
Telstra acted fairly in dismissing a senior HR advisor for dealing improperly with a confidential document that indicated she faced redundancy in a proposed restructure, Fair Work Australia has found.
A senior engineer made redundant during the global financial crisis has failed in his bid for damages over his employer's representation that he would have the job until retirement.
