The Federal Court has ordered a global oil and gas industry recruiter to give a forensic expert access to its IT systems to search for sensitive information it allegedly acquired from a rival company's former managing director.
Uncertainty over the validity of "preferred hours" clauses following inconsistent FWA rulings - including a key decision this week approving the clauses - could soon be resolved after a Fair Work Australia full bench yesterday heard employer appeals against the rejection of several deals containing preferred hours provisions.
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.
