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.
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.
