A FWA full bench has upheld Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard's appeal against a single member ruling that threatened to significantly limit the usefulness of individual flexibility arrangements.
The Victorian Supreme Court has confirmed that damages for loss of opportunity are available to employees making wrongful dismissal claims, in awarding the former editor of a Melbourne newspaper a $580,000 payout.
No good faith argument for refusing approval of agreement; Employer should have prepared "new, intelligible" agreement; Agreement rejected, after employer fails to identify disadvantages; and No underlying award for pet motel's agreement.
ACCI has told FWA it would be "wrong in principle" to compensate employees for the 2009 minimum wage freeze, while the AiG urged it to take into account the impact of tax cuts on workers' hip-pockets in making its decision.
New research commissioned by the ACTU has tested the view that minimum wage jobs are a stepping stone to higher paid employment, finding that while they are a springboard for some, a large minority get stuck on minimum rates.
The Federal Government says signs of a better than expected economy recovery increase the scope for FWA to award a real increase in the minimum wage, while the ACTU says the improved outlook supports its $27-a-week claim.
Skilled migration occupations cut from 400-plus to 181; Abbott vows not to return to the past on IR and promises more flexibility; and AWU television advertising campaign backs resources tax.
The ACCI has told a Senate inquiry into the Federal Government's paid parental leave bill that some employers were likely to amend existing arrangements after the new scheme comes in, while the ACTU wants the "keeping in touch" provisions narrowed so new parents can't be pressured into attending work to fill staffing gaps.
Alcoa has successfully repelled an AWU bid for costs after the company reversed its initial opposition to bringing cleaners within the scope of a proposed agreement at the Pinjarra alumina refinery in WA.
