A Fair Work Commission full bench has this afternoon made a workplace determination that delivers Qantas long-haul flight crew a 4.5% pay rise from January 1 last year and 3% increases this year and next.
Harmers Workplace Lawyers' chair Michael Harmer has taken the unusual step of seeking leave in his own right to appeal the Federal Court's dismissal of James Ashby's sexual harassment claim against former federal Speaker Peter Slipper, while Ashby has engaged a new law firm to challenge the ruling.
In an important decision, a Federal Court full bench has overruled a finding that a two-year state-based limitation period could stymie prosecution of federal industrial law breaches, which could bolster the Fair Work Commission's case against former HSU national secretary Craig Thomson.
An employee who has mounted an adverse action case has lost her bid for interim orders to restrain a law firm from representing her former employer, on the basis that it had a role in her dismissal.
A tribunal has found an employer didn't breach information privacy laws when it informally obtained details about the qualifications of an employee who was seeking a promotion, but has expressed disquiet over the process used to acquire the information.
FWA seeks undertakings on employees paying for medical checks; OECD says Australia's workplace framework doing okay; Shorten seeking proposals for leadership centre; and Kirby to address union lawyers.
Peak employer bodies remain wedded to a national IR system, in the wake of a Queensland Government proposal to reverse its referral of IR powers for unincorporated businesses, while University of Adelaide Professor of Law, Andrew Stewart, warns there is "no way" such a change would be simple.
