The Federal Magistrates Court has rejected a HR manager's argument that he should not be held accountable for his company’s sham contracting practices because he was only “following the instructions” of the firm's owner.
It was Professor Ron McCallum's argument that laws based on the corporations power alone would be to the detriment of "flesh and blood" people that former High Court judge Michael Kirby said was behind his dissent in the Work Choices case.
Qantas engineers hold off on industrial action; End to no forced redundancies in NSW; HR Nicholls seeks answers from Minister; and Hutchins sticks boot in.
The Victorian Government will use its purchasing power to enforce IR change in the construction sector, announcing yesterday that it will review the state industry's IR principles and stipulate that tenderers will have to comply with the tougher new rules.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has gone on the offensive in the airline's bargaining stoush with the AIPA and ALAEA, saying both unions had "fallen out of touch with reality".
In an important ruling for Victorian employers, a law firm that is being sued for damages by an injured former partner has won its High Court bid to challenge the opinion of a WorkCover Authority medical panel.
BHP Coal facing rolling 12-hour stoppages in Queensland; Letter to employees not enough to explain deal, says FWA; and Deal approved despite ASU objections.
Outgoing conservative power-broker Senator Nick Minchin has described as "frankly surprising" the High Court's decision to uphold the Howard Government's Work Choices legislation, and warned his Coalition colleagues to accept the IR lesson in their 2007 election defeat.
