Industrial action imminent at Toll; Court rules Slater & Gordon documents privileged in AWU fund investigation; & Senior bench appointed for childcare equal pay case
A company operating at a Fortescue Metals Group mine was entitled to unilaterally increase an employee's hours without boosting her annual salary, the WA IRC has found, in a contractual benefits ruling.
The 1.5% levy on large corporations to finance the Coalition's paid parental leave scheme will raise $1.1 billion more in the next four years than is required to cover its net cost, according to figures released by Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey today.
ACCI has raised concerns with Vice President Joe Catanzariti about the role of the Fair Work Commission's new pay equity unit in the national childcare equal pay case in a conference this morning, suggesting there may be problems if employers want to challenge any of its research findings.
A court has dismissed a major food manufacturer's interlocutory claim that a former national sales manager threatened to breach his post-employment restraints in NSW when he took up a role in a competitor's NZ operations rather than starting immediately in its Sydney office.
The workplace culture of a national energy company is in the spotlight this week, with a former executive pursuing reinstatement and $1m in backpay in a Federal Court general protections claim based on allegations of sexual harassment and the poor handling of her subsequent complaints.
Wage growth in private sector agreements lodged in the June quarter has dropped to 3.5% a year, well below the post-GFC average of about 3.9%, according to new data released by DEEWR today.
An employee who told his operations manager to "get f...ed", walked off the job and then told his brother – who was the owner and managing director of the business – that he could not work with the operations manager any more has failed to convince the Victorian Magistrates Court that he was constructively dismissed.
Apprentices need better pay, not debt: AMWU; Duress must include unlawful employer pressure; Subpoena can wait for mediation, court rules; & Ruskin joins K&L Gates
