An employee who rejected a job offer from the new owners of a transmitting business that included a qualifying period for unfair dismissal purposes was entitled to redundancy pay, Fair Work Australia has ruled.
Wage rises in private sector agreements approved in the March quarter hit 4.6%, with pay deals averaging 5.8% in the construction sector and a large agreement covering employees of the former ABC Learning childcare centres primarily responsible for pushing up the figure, DEEWR data released yesterday reveals.
Shadow Workplace Relations Minister, Senator Eric Abetz, has delivered a withering response to the Fair Work Act review, while Adelaide University's Professor Andrew Stewart said the evidence in the report supported its conclusion that there was no compelling case for major change.
Employers and unions both lost and won some battles in the Fair Work Act review, released today, but how much of this will translate into legislative change remains unclear, with Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten committing to further consultation before coming to a final position.
The Federal Government should amend the Fair Work Act to reverse the Federal Court's JJ Richards decision on industrial action and its Barclay v Bendigo TAFE ruling on adverse action, and it should make IFAs easier to access, the panel reviewing the legislation has recommended.
Five former insurance sales representatives found last year by the Federal Court to be employees, not independent contractors, have been awarded half a million dollars in accrued annual and long-service leave, with one receiving $333,130.
FWA President Justice Iain Ross has taken the unusual step of heading up a five-member full bench to resolve conflicting decisions on whether enterprise agreements can permit employees to opt out of their coverage.
FWA President Justice Iain Ross says his new Member Conduct Guide has broad support across the tribunal and rejects accusations of double standards on its restrictions on public comment.
The Federal Magistrates Court has fined a company that employed a caretaker couple to be on call 120 hours a week at an Albury retirement village in exchange for accommodation and a weekly allowance of $111.13 in breach of its own greenfields agreement.
