Shadow Workplace Relations Minister Eric Abetz has hit back at federal government criticism of the Coalition's delay in releasing its IR policy, calling on WR Minister Bill Shorten to reveal his election agenda first.
The High Court has today thrown out the NSW PSA's challenge to the O'Farrell Government's public sector pay cap legislation, with one judge describing the union's appeal as "hopeless".
The Federal Court has dismissed the sexual harassment case by former federal Speaker Peter Slipper's one-time media adviser, James Ashby, holding in a stinging judgment delivered this morning that it was launched predominantly to expose Slipper to maximum political damage.
DEEWR is advertising the two Fair Work tribunal vice president jobs created by the federal government under legislation passed by parliament in its last sitting week of the year.
Grocery distribution company IGA didn't breach the terms of its agreement when it issued a written warning to a storeman who failed to meet the company's benchmarks under an "engineered labour standard" work system, a Fair Work Australia full bench has found today.
UK mandates two-weeks paid post-birth recovery period; ABS says mothers increasingly opting for flexible work; and APSC says agencies must "avoid being narrow" on domestic violence.
The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal will investigate the retail sector as part of its inquiries into employment conditions and safety in the road transport industry, potentially opening to scrutiny the supply chains of major retailers Coles and Woolworths.
Fair Work Australia has rejected an employer's application to recoup its costs of defending an unfair dismissal case brought by its former general manager, who failed to turn up to the hearing and allegedly used the claim to secure outstanding entitlements and apply media pressure to the company.
