A finance company sales director whose employment contract was terminated after he was accused of sexual harassment has been awarded his $1.4 million bonus plus six months' salary, with the NSW Supreme Court finding his employer didn't rely on the serious misconduct claims when it dismissed him.
Unions protesting public sector IR changes received further ammunition today with a leaked government document that reveals substantial bonus payments for department heads who slash staffing levels.
Former High Court judge and IR tribunal member Michael Kirby has prescribed a set of 10 commandments to help HR practitioners play their part in ending workplace discrimination against what he says are "forgotten" and "unmentioned" gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
FWA has ruled that it was reasonable for a club to dismiss rather than warn an employee for sexual harassment, because he was at risk of re-offending and endangering its obligation to provide a safe environment for patrons and other workers.
The David Jones sexual harassment case has “lessons for us all”, while the Fair Work Act’s adverse action provisions are the “sleeping giant of workplace law” and could have “earth-shattering” legal implications, industrial barrister Ian Latham told a recent conference.
In a ground-breaking initiative, Caltex Australia announced today that it will pay employees returning to work after parental leave quarterly bonuses of 3% until their child turns two.
Submissions will be required by March 28 next year for the 2012-13 minimum wage review, according to a draft timetable issued today by Fair Work Australia's minimum wage panel.
FWA has reinstated two coal mineworkers and upheld the dismissal of a third in response to allegations that they engaged in a "predatory campaign" of harassment against three "non-unionist" co-workers, in three rulings that underline the importance of employers observing procedural fairness when conducting workplace investigations.
Full Federal Court rules against costs order in ADJ; Anglo right to discipline CFMEU lodge president, says FWA; and Government urged to expand "right to request" to encompass all workers with caring responsibilities.
