A 25-year-old David Jones employee whose sexual harassment complaints led to former CEO Mark McInnes's resignation earlier this year has today filed a landmark multi-million dollar claim against him and the company in the Federal Court.
Women struggling for work/life balance; Rail workers to begin industrial action on Thursday; and ARTC can have lawyers in scope order case, Fair Work Australia rules.
Fair Work Australia has found that four unions acted in bad faith when they failed to attend meetings or provide adequate feedback on the employer's bargaining proposals, in a ruling that also clarifies the status of union delegates and single bargaining units under the Fair Work Act's good faith bargaining provisions.
Election pause for pay equity case; FWA rebuffs fast food employers' award bid; Make necessary changes, ACA urges; Labor promises more women on government boards; Give billionaires a fair go, says CFMEU; Abbott goes in wrong direction in AEU ad; and They're lemons, says Coalition.
A mine worker has successfully challenged the fairness of his dismissal despite a finding that he endangered the lives of other workers, in a Fair Work Australia ruling that underlines the importance for employers of providing procedural fairness to employees when considering termination.
An insurance company has won orders restraining a broker who joined a rival firm from soliciting its former clients for a year - the minimum period in a restraint deed that provided for a number of options.
A manager employed in Victoria Police's forensic science lab has won interlocutory orders overturning her suspension for alleged performance issues, in a Federal Court ruling that highlights the evolving role of injunctive relief in the employment context.
Can an employee be required to sign a guarantee of annual earnings as a condition of promotion or transfer? What are some of the lawful means by which an employee's fixed term contract can be shortened? Are employees with no express notice provision in their employment contracts entitled to implied reasonable notice beyond the NES? Workplace Express subscribers asked these questions and more in a webinar this morning.
Employer moves to proceed with litigation against workers involved in the Pluto motelling dispute and adopt a tough approach to discipline have created a powder keg environment on building sites across WA's north-west, unions claim.
