Two months after a site rates dispute brought it to a standstill, work resumed today on Abigroup's $800 million children's hospital project in South Brisbane.
Court orders ALAEA to stop poaching; Ombudsman says employers have no right to attend employee medical visits; FWO launches adverse action case over sacking of journalist; Please reconsider - ACCI opposing transfer of business changes; and Correction to Rio Tinto mineworkers article.
Former FWA president, Geoffrey Giudice, has warned that there are potential pitfalls in proposals to amend the Fair Work Act to link productivity and bargaining, and said that data in an international survey relied on to support calls for further IR change should be approached "with some reservations".
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.
