Election pause for pay equity case; FWA rebuffs fast food employers' award bid; Make necessary changes, ACA urges; Labor promises more women on government boards; Give billionaires a fair go, says CFMEU; Abbott goes in wrong direction in AEU ad; and They're lemons, says Coalition.
A mine worker has successfully challenged the fairness of his dismissal despite a finding that he endangered the lives of other workers, in a Fair Work Australia ruling that underlines the importance for employers of providing procedural fairness to employees when considering termination.
An insurance company has won orders restraining a broker who joined a rival firm from soliciting its former clients for a year - the minimum period in a restraint deed that provided for a number of options.
A manager employed in Victoria Police's forensic science lab has won interlocutory orders overturning her suspension for alleged performance issues, in a Federal Court ruling that highlights the evolving role of injunctive relief in the employment context.
Can an employee be required to sign a guarantee of annual earnings as a condition of promotion or transfer? What are some of the lawful means by which an employee's fixed term contract can be shortened? Are employees with no express notice provision in their employment contracts entitled to implied reasonable notice beyond the NES? Workplace Express subscribers asked these questions and more in a webinar this morning.
Employer moves to proceed with litigation against workers involved in the Pluto motelling dispute and adopt a tough approach to discipline have created a powder keg environment on building sites across WA's north-west, unions claim.
Two female employees have launched legal action over repeated bullying, abuse and discrimination they allegedly suffered over several years while working for a government-owned agency responsible for managing Australia's air traffic.
Coalition flags paid parental leave changes; Gillard defends her position against leaks; DEEWR out until after election; Tasmania's minimum wage increased to federal level; and CPI lower than expected.
The CFMEU's construction and general division, the AMWU and three officials have until September 10 to pay penalties totalling $1.325 million plus costs after the Federal Court today approved a settlement reached with the ABCC over their role in the West Gate Bridge dispute.
An Adelaide company has lost its appeal against a $466,000 sexual harassment damages ruling, failing in the process to convince the Federal Court to hear new evidence on its former employee's conviction for social security fraud.
