Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard has hinted that the ALP might compromise with small businesses on its planned unfair dismissal policy, including conducting fast-track hearings on-site rather than in the AIRC.
The AIRC has agreed to hear a challenge to a late unlawful termination claim, even though the employer only objected after the case had already gone from conciliation in the Commission to the Federal Court.
Howard Government to restructure HREOC, amend disability discrimination laws; Qantas purchaser seeks to reassure employees; and Investigation launched into alleged breaches by nursing recruiters.
Gossip in a Queensland police station about a colleague's marriage and the mocking-up of her honeymoon photograph in an office joke book amounted to unlawful sexual discrimination, the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal has found.
The UK's Equal Opportunities Commission has recommended the extension of "right to request" laws to all workers, while the Blair Government is considering expanding their coverage to all working parents.
The 21-day time limit for lodging unfair and unlawful termination applications to the AIRC depends on the date that workers are notified of their dismissal, a full bench has decided.
Probationary periods for unfair termination applications restart when workers are transferred in a transmission of business unless specifically agreed otherwise, according to an AIRC decision.
