High Court judge Dyson Heydon has labelled Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten's intervention in the challenge to the Full Federal Court Barclay adverse action decision as "partisan" and the Australian Education Union's case as extraordinarily weak in a ruling today awarding costs to Bendigo TAFE.
A FWA full bench has upheld a finding that Linfox unfairly dismissed a driver who posted derogatory and offensive comments about his managers on Facebook, but has warned employees that Facebook and pub conversations aren't the same and that some of the factors in the driver's favour would hold less weight in future.
Vines to be the new ILO deputy director-general; AMMA to bring former ACCI manager home from Geneva to fill executive role; Continuing productivity improvement required to keep interest rates low, says RBA; Link available to ALAEA anti-poaching decision; and Casual workers struggling to pay bills, bank survey shows.
A Federal Court judge has ordered federal parliamentary Speaker Peter Slipper and his staffer James Ashby to attend mediation tomorrow, while blasting Slipper for "completely outrageous behaviour" and "gross discourtesy to the court" after he refused to attend today's hearing in Sydney.
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.
