The Gillard Government will reintroduce its amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act but with further changes to establish a stand-alone Age Discrimination Commissioner when Australia's first hung parliament in 70 years sits for the first time next week, but its IR bill stalled in the Senate before the August election - the construction-specific legislation - still faces major hurdles if it is to pass through the 43rd parliament.
Fair Work Australia has overturned BHP Billiton's decision to dismiss an employee involved in a vehicle accident on a remote access road after finding it wrongly formed the view he was speeding at the time.
The CEPU's electrical division has banned its members from working in uranium mining and processing, saying workers should not be exposed to the health risks it believes are associated with it.
The author of a suite of online training materials has won the right to claim a share of almost $100,000 from the copyright agency, after establishing in the Federal Court that she retained her rights over the materials despite being in an employment-like relationship.
An employer has failed in its bid to impose ongoing confidentiality, intellectual property and restraint of trade obligations on its employees via a proposed enterprise agreement, with Fair Work Australia finding the terms would continue after the employment relationship ended and therefore didn't pertain to it.
Bargaining troubles at Alcoa and Rio Tinto; Queensland nurses to disaffiliate from ALP; FWA grants extension over lawyer's error; and $4B bill for UK paid maternity leave changes
The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered the CFMEU (construction and general division) and an organiser to pay penalties totalling $46,200 for ordering a stopwork ahead of a concrete pour on a Melbourne building site, in a ruling that also casts doubt on the place of criminal law-style mitigation pleas in civil proceedings.
Melbourne's Crown Casino has been ordered to reverse a ban on union organisers using its staff dining room to meet with employees and has agreed to reinstate union noticeboards after the LHMU launched legal action.
Australian labour mobility "pretty good", says RBA's Stevens; FWA rejects take home pay bid; New website and URL for FWO; and US labour productivity grew substantially during GFC.
