Schwartz to advise on gender reporting; Union density still declining in US; Inflation up 0.2% in December quarter; CFMEU calls for temporary freeze on 457 visas; and Industry super fund sells off News Corp shares.
A local councillor who spread information about a shire chief executive's Hepatitis C condition breached disability discrimination laws, the Federal Magistrates Court has found.
The Federal Court has refused to stay a reinstatement order while an employer appeals a finding that it took adverse action when it sacked an employee for refusing to work regular weekend and public holiday overtime.
John Holland took advantage of a small, initial workforce to ensure the election of a "tame and employer friendly" employee representative on a key stage of the $5.3 billion Victorian regional rail link project, according to the FWC.
New ABS data suggests the trend for Australian employees to be increasingly covered by collective agreements might have abated, while the mining industry continues to top the charts for earnings and paid hours worked.
The ACTU has argued for a further strengthening of the federal government's proposed anti-discrimination legislation, while employer groups and the Victorian government want more consultation time and maintain the draft bill increases the compliance burden on business.
Thomson seeks to delay FWC claim as Toyota goes to High Court; FWC full bench ruling on penalties, public holidays expected; and Federal Court labels disabled kids bus service a trading corporation.
With FWC's formal declaration today that a majority of Rio Tinto's Bell Bay Aluminium workers want a collective agreement, the AWU has busted the myth that unions can't re-organise de-unionised sites, according to national secretary Paul Howes.
