Qantas says aviation unions running "kamikaze campaign"; Jobwatch future under threat; and FWA upholds dismissal of worker who tested positive for alcohol.
Bankwest employees have won guaranteed 4% annual pay rises plus further performance-related rises that will provide an additional 2% for the overwhelming majority, while the bank will now engage all new recruits as seven-day workers, under its first agreement since the 2008 CBA takeover.
A Federal Court judge has called for more clarity on the distinction between employees and independent contractors, in a ruling in which he found thousands of interpreters had wrongly been treated as independent contractors and missed out on five years of their employer’s super contributions.
A full bench of the Federal Court has today rejected a Rio Tinto subsidiary’s bid to overturn the reinstatement of a Hunter Valley mineworker sacked over a safety breach, in a ruling that provides guidance for practitioners on the grounds for arguing for permission to appeal unfair dismissal decisions.
An appeal court has upheld Macquarie Bank's contention that it isn't required to pay the unvested component of profit share bonuses when it dismisses employees or they leave of their own volition.
Waste contractor JJ Richards and the AMMA will today argue before a full bench of FWA that the TWU was attempting to commence bargaining, not to reach an agreement, when it secured orders for a secret ballot on industrial action at the company earlier this year.
The AWU today called for steelmaking to be given 100% compensation for the cost of the proposed carbon tax, or an exemption from it, because of challenges facing the industry outside of climate change, such as the high Australian dollar.
A merchant banker recruited from a highly-paid senior role but then made redundant when he refused to accept a restructure has failed in a $6m damages claim for breach of contract and misleading and deceptive conduct against his former employer.
A highly-paid senior sales consultant with IBM will today lodge a complaint with the Human Rights Commission seeking $1.1m in damages, alleging that the company failed to take any action to halt two years of sexual harassment and bullying by her male supervisor that led to her twice attempting suicide.
Whopper fine for national hamburger chain that lacked HR manager; Ballot gets up for Qantas engineers; Equal pay bench reserves its decision; Video the latest tool in Howes' war on Alcan; and Toyota reduces production, shifts due to Japanese earthquake.
