Shareholders to have greater say on executive golden handshakes under new bill; Transitional legislation still to receive Royal Assent; and Mullett wins costs after charges withdrawn.
Three of WA's state-owned power companies are moving to have their employees vote on non-union collective agreements before new federal IR laws commence next week.
Former Westpac head David Morgan has chided the Australian and US governments for their misguided attempts to curb executive remuneration, in a speech in which he revealed that he spent half his time as CEO on HR issues and identified three mistakes HR practitioners should try to avoid
Employee wins mammoth $466,000 sexual harassment payout; Coalition to oppose construction IR bill, Senate inquiry to report in September; Bank worker sacked after statements in court; and Union welcomes pay freeze for Telstra executives.
A pay deal for Australia Post's 32,000-plus employees remains elusive, with its key union's hopes now fading that the Fair Work Act's more liberal agreement content rules could help breathe new life into the negotiations.
A NSW doctor has failed in her claim that the state Department of Health's decision to deny her paid maternity leave constituted unlawful sex discrimination; and the AIRC has rejected a charity's argument that more than $5,000 an employee saved on FBT should be taken into account in calculating his salary for unfair dismissal purposes.
A pumphouse attendant at a steelworks who twice gave a co-worker an unwanted open-mouthed kiss has failed to convince the NSW IRC that his dismissal for sexual harassment was unfair.
The Federal Court has ordered a blind manufacturer to pay a total of $360,000 to the CFMEU Federated Furnishing Trades Division's Victorian branch and about 40 of its members, after finding the company had been underpaying night shift loading.
Just one in every 45 employees had their pay and conditions determined by AWAs or ITEAs in August last year, according to new ABS statistics that, according to Professor David Peetz, prove that claims about AWA density before the 2007 federal election were "wildly exaggerated".
