A company genuinely made redundant its human resources manager when it restructured its HR function and devolved responsibilities to a lower-paid HR coordinator and line managers, Fair Work Australia has found.
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A company breached the good faith bargaining rules when it failed to inform all employee bargaining representatives about changes it made to its proposed agreement after employees voted it down, Fair Work Australia has ruled.
The ACTU is seeking a $28-a-week pay rise for award-dependent workers up to the benchmark tradesperson's rate and 4.2% above that, in its submission to the 2011 minimum wages review, lodged with Fair Work Australia today.
A Fair Work Australia full bench has today endorsed the JJ Richards majority's view on interpreting the "genuinely trying" test when the tribunal is considering applications for protected action ballots.
New Zealand's conservative government since its election in 2008 has undermined the country's Employment Relations Act through a variety of "apparently small, inconsequential amendments" - the best known of which is the Hobbit law - according to a former labour minister.
A Fair Work Australia full bench has upheld an unfair dismissal finding against a salon that sacked a hairdresser who sledged it on Facebook, but has allowed its appeal on compensation in one of two payout decisions this week favouring employers.
A company fined $43,000 by the Federal Court three years ago over a secret deal with the NUW has fended off a bid by a rival union to hold discussions in a lunch room or barbecue area that is away from management's gaze.
Employers who give employees ballot material at the same time as they provide them with copies of their proposed enterprise agreements are in breach of the Fair Work Act's agreement-making provisions, according to a FWA decision.
