Employment Minister Eric Abetz has told the AiG and others lobbying for accelerated IR change to take a "deep breath" and focus on what is already on the table.
The AiG has urged the Federal Government to release the terms of reference for the Productivity Commission's review of the Fair Work regime before next week's first anniversary of its September 2013 election, and said business was becoming "increasingly impatient" with the slow pace of reform.
A leading barrister has looked ahead at issues - including damages in dismissal cases - likely to arise if the High Court confirms the existence of an implied term of mutual trust and confidence in Australian employment law.
Social media has disrupted the distinction between employees' work and private lives, yet the social media policies of many Australian organisations don’t take privacy and freedom of expression into account, according to a leading academic.
The former secretary of the HSU Vic No 3 branch, Kathy Jackson, submitted a claim for $65,740 for solicitors’ fees when the actual amount the union was charged was only $1,122, the Heydon royal commission has heard.
A part-time HR manager's bullying claim against her chief executive backfired when her employer discovered while investigating her complaint that she had been using its resources to do work for other organisations.
The Federal Court has raised some important questions over whether employees have a "workplace right" to talk to the media about conditions in their workplaces.
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be called as a witness as part of the Heydon Royal Commission's investigation into financial dealings by former AWU officials in the early 1990s.
The former husband of ex-HSU head Kathy Jackson told the Heydon Royal Commission this morning that $50,000 she paid to him from her "offline" account was part of their divorce settlement, but went on to say that he had substantial memory problems and could not be certain.
