Workers at Xstrata's Tahmoor underground coal mine have voted up a new enterprise agreement, ending a bitter 18-month bargaining dispute that involved strikes, lockouts, a series of legal battles and an alleged bomb threat.
The media coverage of the David Jones sex discrimination case launched by publicist Kristy Fraser-Kirk might have contributed to her developing a psychiatric condition, her counsel told the Federal Court today.
The WA IRC has taken the unusual step of awarding an interim 5% wage increase to Perth train drivers that takes effect only if they refrain from further mass sick-days or other action disrupting the city's metropolitan rail system.
A worker sacked after bagging her employer on Facebook has been compensated for being unfairly dismissed, but Fair Work Australia has cautioned employees that information posted on social networking sites can come back to haunt them.
The Federal Magistrates Court has found CFMEU (Victorian branch) assistant secretary John Setka acted inappropriately in abusing and threatening to "get" the manager and foreman on a Bovis Lend Lease site, but it was also critical of the employers' refusal to discuss safety issues with the union and described the site's condition as "plainly inadequate".
"Blue flu" strikes again on Perth's rail system; ASU wins "family violence leave" entitlement; Keneally flags caps on union donations; and New book on social coalitions
The Gillard Government will reintroduce its amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act but with further changes to establish a stand-alone Age Discrimination Commissioner when Australia's first hung parliament in 70 years sits for the first time next week, but its IR bill stalled in the Senate before the August election - the construction-specific legislation - still faces major hurdles if it is to pass through the 43rd parliament.
Fair Work Australia has overturned BHP Billiton's decision to dismiss an employee involved in a vehicle accident on a remote access road after finding it wrongly formed the view he was speeding at the time.
The CEPU's electrical division has banned its members from working in uranium mining and processing, saying workers should not be exposed to the health risks it believes are associated with it.
The author of a suite of online training materials has won the right to claim a share of almost $100,000 from the copyright agency, after establishing in the Federal Court that she retained her rights over the materials despite being in an employment-like relationship.
