The ACTU will be finalising options over the next couple of months to address insecure work, ahead of the ALP's national conference in December, ACTU secretary Jeff Lawrence said today.
FWA has upheld the St Vincent de Paul Society's dismissal for misconduct of an IT manager who deliberately stopped emails from reaching the mobile phone of the organisation's IR manager.
A NSW tribunal has dismissed a transgender road worker's allegation that he was unlawfully vilified by comments in the workplace, ruling that the conduct wasn't a "public act" under the state's Anti-Discrimination Act.
Downer EDI had no basis to dismiss its long-serving managing director for misconduct and deny him a substantial bonus, the NSW Supreme Court has found.
Pay rises in private sector enterprise agreements lodged in the March quarter remain moderate at 3.8% a year, unchanged from the previous three month period, according to DEEWR.
Unions NSW calls for portable long service leave; AMMA details 10 priority IR changes; Customs and DAFF employees going out tomorrow; IR review to look at technical difficulties, says Minister; Three IR silks to deliver annual Julian Small address; and AMMA to boost income with new resource sector jobs website.
While the number of successful adverse action claims shouldn't be overstated and many have failed at the first hurdle, important lessons can be drawn from the existing case law, according to Sydney University's Professor Joellen Riley.
In a crucial ruling, the Federal Court has found that it has no power under the Independent Contractors Act to make retrospective orders to remedy unfair contracts.
