The former chief executive and managing director of a listed gold mining company has failed in his Victorian Supreme Court challenge to a board decision to award him just 15% of a discretionary performance payment.
The new conservative government in NSW has in the final stage of the SACS equal remuneration case reversed the previous Labor Government's broad support for the unions' application, arguing it is flawed and must fail.
Clauses in the pattern deal for the Victorian electrical contracting sector that require contracting out to be at agreement rates and conditions, oblige employers to promote union membership, and loosen right of entry rules for dispute resolution purposes have all survived a challenge.
A 7-Eleven franchise that obtained "free labour" by systematically exploiting vulnerable international students has been ordered to pay penalties of $150,000 and backpay of $90,000, after a magistrate said she wanted to send a message that compliance with IR laws wasn't just the bastion of large employers with HR specialists.
MUA members at three of Patrick's four container terminals will go out for 24 hours on Saturday, after accusing the company of failing to negotiate in good faith during two weeks of talks brokered by Fair Work Australia.
Employers must pay more than lip service to the protection of their employees' industrial freedoms under the Fair Work Act, the Federal Court has ruled in fining a company $10,000 for taking adverse action against an aviation engineer.
Conlon takes over as IR Minister in SA; ACTU says Qantas facing "strong industrial campaign"; FSU staff agreement rollover pays 3% rise over 12 months; Hodder alive and well; and IR academics and Law Institute call for Victorian Government to support Jobwatch.
The Federal Court has dissolved an interim injunction against building unions, after accepting evidence that they didn't encourage workers to continue with a strike at a courts construction project in the Brisbane CBD.
