Deficiencies in a HR department's handling of the dismissal of a worker were not significant enough to render it unfair, Fair Work Australia has found.
A casual survey worker has been awarded $21,810 in compensation after a tribunal found his employer had stopped offering him work because of his epilepsy.
Toyota mass meeting to kick off industrial action; New rules and scrutiny for fly-in, fly-out workers; Lloyd returns to IR with new role at IPA; ACTU and Greens call for broader representation on Reserve Bank; Wave Hill anniversary acknowledged; and Early bird closes on Friday for biennial national IR society conference.
In a significant adverse decision, the Federal Court has rejected a sacked employee's argument that his common law contract alone gave him a workplace right under the Fair Work Act's general protections.
Giudice Estimates debate adjourned; ETU ballot closes Monday; Desal parent company drawn into battle over redundancies; and Victorian Government called on to invest in workforce.
The requirement on Fair Work Australia President, Justice Geoffrey Giudice, to appear before Senate Estimates for questioning is set to end when Parliament resumes next month.
Government to intervene against McDonald permit bid; Virgin in-sources call centre jobs; CFMEU calls on BHP to settle deal; Barrister new chair of Victorian EOC; and Parlaiment launches FIFO inquiry.
A Fair Work Australia full bench majority has upheld a finding that a company's request that the TWU meet employees in rooms that were close to managers' offices rather than in the lunchroom was reasonable.
