NSW strike force to investigate HSU allegations; Lawyers for CEPU members agree to settle Pluto case; Employees of federal mega-department vote down proposed agreement; Defence employees to implement bans; and Ride to Work Day only four weeks away.
Fair Work Australia has rejected an application by Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited for a two-month suspension of industrial action across its operations.
An anti-discrimination tribunal's appeal bench has highlighted the difficulties that unrepresented employees with arguable cases face in establishing they have been subject to unlawful discrimination.
The NSW IRC has docked a union delegate for his "inappropriate" and aggressive behaviour when he refused to undertake a urine drug test, but has reinstated him to his former environmental officer position after finding his dismissal harsh.
A former trucking company owner who physically assaulted a TWU official and sacked all of his employees has been ordered to pay the union and employees more than $40,000 in penalties and compensation for his adverse action.
Employer fined for failing to make backpayments for unfair AWAs ; Planking workers fined for safety breaches; Psychiatric prison guards win pay increases; Child protection conciliation breaks down; Melbourne Council to consider scanning workers as they clock on and off.
The High Court has upheld a Federal Court full bench finding that state legislation providing a portage long service leave scheme for the Victorian construction industry was not inconsistent with federal instruments providing inferior long service entitlements.
The Federal Government will next month introduce legislation requiring employers to report annually on "tangible" gender-based indicators if they want to tender for government work, the Minister for the Status of Women, Kate Ellis, has announced.
Reprieve for Thomson and Government; Employers say IR inhibits business; Workers locked out; Pacific guest worker deal expands; and Melbourne airport industrial action begins.
