A manager at an actuarial consulting firm specialising in superannuation services who looked after more than $100 million in funds has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he is eligible to pursue an unfair dismissal claim.
The Fair Work Commission picked up the speed in handing down reserved decisions in April, following a drop off in March, but is still falling short of the benchmarks set by the President for the 2012/13 financial year.
The Victorian Supreme Court has dismissed a bid by a former partner of major labour law firm Maurice Blackburn for damages for bullying she claims caused her psychiatric injuries after returning from maternity leave, in a case that highlights the pressure lawyers face when juggling heavy caseloads and family responsibilities.
A former Ramsay Health Care Australia employee dismissed for performance issues has failed in a series of attempts to use unfair dismissal and adverse action applications as a vehicle to raise her concerns about "doctored" hospital statistics.
Federal governments, whether conservative or Labor, agree on the importance of workplace cooperation, but a lack of consensus on what the concept includes continues to stifle its implementation, according to a leading IR researcher.
The Coalition's proposed registered organisations commission will find it a lot easier to police union rules than its ill-fated predecessor from the 1970s, the federal Industrial Relations Bureau, according to IR consultant Andrew O'Brien.
The CFMEU's Victorian construction division has been found guilty of all 30 contempt of court charges against it stemming from last year's protests at Grocon's Melbourne CBD Emporium project and a western suburbs building site.
