A court has awarded a Victorian Workcover Authority occupational hygienist almost $30,000 after she lost her entitlement to private use of her employer's car.
The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered a company and its director to pay more thann $41,000 in backpay and fines for refusing to pay two trainees employed over a four-month period on Labor's transitional individual employment contracts.
Licensed aircraft mechanical engineers employed by Qantas will go out for an hour on Friday morning, after their union claimed bargaining negotiations with the airline had "hit a brick wall".
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FWA has received more than 550 general protections applications every quarter this financial year and unfair dismissal claims under the Fair Work Act continue to rise, but bargaining activity has slowed substantially, new Fair Work Australia data reveals.
Union density has fallen from 20% to 18% in the past year, despite private sector membership rising numerically and remaining static proportionally, according to ABS data released today.
Patrick says container terminal wharfies engaging in unlawful "go slow"; Employer seeks special leave from High Court to appeal adverse action decision; FWA releases Philmac reasons; and AHRC paper looks at options for expanding shelter from discrimination.
Unions NSW is calling for the O'Farrell Government to delay consideration of the "fast-track" OHS harmonisation legislation it introduced into State Parliament today.
The union that made the first low-paid bargaining authorisation bid under the Fair Work Act has called on the Federal Government to change the legislation after Fair Work Australia today excluded agreement-covered employees from the authorisation it granted.
