Former David Jones chief executive Mark McInnes allegedly sexually harassed his 19-year-old female secretary and a female marketing coordinator when he was employed by Black & Decker 20 years ago, according to an amended statement of claim today lodged by the employee who has made a landmark sexual discrimination and trade practices case against him, the retailer and its board.
The CFMEU has been at the wrong end of plenty of right of entry decisions, but yesterday in a case brought by the union, it was an employer the Federal Court penalised for breaching the laws.
Telstra employees today overwhelmingly approved a two-year enterprise agreement, bringing to an end two years of hard-fought bargaining between the telco and unions.
IR advisory council for NSW; Abetz re-elected as Opposition Senate leader; Crown workers to vote on strike action; and Nurses seek mediation in staffing disputes.
QR National employees have voted up enterprise agreements delivering a moratorium on forced redundancies or relocations and pay increases of about 4%-a-year ahead of a possible float of the government-owned company later this year.
Close to 10,000 teachers plus thousands of support staff in NSW independent schools will receive pay rises of 14.8% over four years - tipping the top teachers' salary scale over the $100,000 mark - under three separate industry-wide agreements being voted on this week.
The Fair Work Act's low-paid bargaining stream should be available to award-reliant workers and those on "substandard agreements", the union seeking the first low-paid authorisation under the legislation has argued.
A company that secured interlocutory confidentiality orders against a former employee who resigned with four other to join its competitor has failed in its bid for "springboard" orders restraining him from starting his new job.
Independent backing for Labor Government clears way for changes to super, GEERS, parental leave; FWA confirms broad scope for dispute resolution clauses; CFMEU and McDonald to pay $50,000 over safety stoppage; and Qantas refused lawyer in discrimination case.
