A Coalition Government would shift the administration of the paid parental leave scheme from employers to the Family Assistance Office, enable small businesses to remit super contributions directly to the ATO and make senior public servants' pay rises and bonuses contingent on proven reductions in regulations, according to a policy statement released today by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
Sacked apprentice's private work competed with his employer; FWC suppresses identify of academic dismissed for alleged inappropriate conduct; FWC finds ANZ had no obligation to take employee back after leave without pay; and FWC finds employer unfairly sacked reneging consultant.
Fair Work Commission Vice President Graeme Watson has ordered the MUA to cease its "covert" campaign against automation at Patrick's Port Botany container terminal, rejecting the union's outright denials that it has reimposed a productivity cap and organised "go slows" since May this year.
The operator of a Victorian freight and road transport business has been fined more than 85% of the maximum penalty for underpaying a former truck driver and then engaging in "asset stripping" to avoid liability.
TWU seeks members' support for industrial campaign at Toll; Rudd flags action to address HSU-style corruption within unions; and Correction: Chris Gardner still a Herbert Smith Freehills partner.
The Federal Circuit Court has provided guidance about when it will view complaints before it as being different from an original terminated Australian Human Rights Commission complaint, in rejecting the majority of strike-out applications by a security company that allegedly s-xually discriminated against a former account manager.
The federal government is supporting the SDA's push to scrap lower wage rates for 20-year-old retail workers in a Fair Work Commission full bench hearing this week.
Building union members walked off a McDonald's construction site in Melbourne's outer east yesterday, citing safety concerns caused by the presence of community protesters opposed to the fast food chain establishing a new restaurant in the area.
A subsidiary of a multinational software company has convinced the Federal Circuit Court that its dismissal of a manager on the eve of going on maternity leave was not adverse action, but a genuine redundancy, despite the company's failure to follow its own internal processes.
