A Fair Work Commission full bench will consider whether a longstanding award clause breaches age discrimination provisions, after it resulted in three employees each missing out on more than 60 weeks redundancy pay and a fourth more than 40 weeks.
A new study shows that more than half of employed Australians who receive additional pay for non-standard hours would stop working them if those penalties were removed, countering claims from some employers that the work patterns are a lifestyle choice.
Employees of a major contractor on Chevron's giant Gorgon LNG project have overwhelmingly rejected a new agreement that would have reduced their working days in each roster period from 26 to 23.
Former Federal politicians have flagged a High Court challenge to legislation that seeks to abolish the Life Gold travel pass, arguing it is unconscionable and in breach of the Constitution.
After 25 years of IR research, the University of Sydney's Workplace Research Centre has announced its final symposium, ahead of its closure at the end of the year.
Tasmania's Legislative Council has passed a Government bill designed to curtail rights to engage in workplace-disrupting pickets and protests, but only after removing mandatory jail terms for repeat offenders.
Alleged right of entry breaches accounted for nearly a quarter of the FWBC's investigation work in 2013-2014 according to director Nigel Hadgkiss, who also claims a "renewed energy and enthusiasm" among agency staff he says were "jaded and understandably so" when he took over.
News Ltd will pay 2000 journalists on its newspapers 2% increases this year and next under the terms of an unregistered agreement struck to break a deadlock with the MEAA.
An ATO manager's conviction for indecency against a minor constituted a breach of the APS code of conduct that justified his dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
