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.
Construction wrap-up: CFMEU pursuing 5% in NSW; Deals breach guidelines, warns MBA; Ferguson back as an organiser; and FWA seeks multiple undertakings.
Nurse who altered medical certificate wins job back; Tribunal upholds dismissal of police officer who used anabolic steroids; Paintball casualty unfairly dismissed while on leave; Gas plant worker's dismissal upheld because of repeated alcohol breaches; Performance bonus and overtime doesn’t count towards high income cap; FWA stays $7,000 payout to worker dismissed over "fraudulent" phone use; "Extraordinary" events excuse late claim; FWA says worker earns too much, not covered by Act.
The Federal Government has "no intention" of making major amendments to the Fair Work Act, and those agitating for change should instead explore the options available to them under the new laws, Workplace Relations Minister Senator Chris Evans said today.
FWA has in the last week rejected on procedural grounds three separate applications to approve proposed agreements, holding in one case that taking "all reasonable steps" to give employees copies required more than notifying them that they could either get one at a meeting or pick one up later.
An adverse action ruling handed down yesterday makes it clear that the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions don't prevent employers from taking reasonable disciplinary action against employees, according to the lawyer who successfully defended the case.
The Federal Court has made it clear that employees who are victims of adverse action can be compensated for hurt and humiliation, in a ruling in which it awarded $85,000 compensation to a licensed aircraft mechanical engineer who was purportedly made redundant.
