Quarterly wage rises for employees in the private sector have outstripped those in the public sector for the first time in two years, according to ABS data released today, while new DEEWR data shows a similar trend for pay increases in enterprise agreements.
The federal government has unveiled a January 1, 2011, start date for its proposed scheme to better protect the entitlements of workers that are made redundant when their employer becomes insolvent.
A Sydney HR manager faces penalties for his role in sham contracting arrangements, despite evidence that he was oblivious that his conduct was unlawful and had acted on the orders of his employer.
Coalition seeks to reverse employers' paid maternity "paymaster" role; Employer fined $12,000 for refusing union entry; and FWA refuses to make national order to stop industrial action
A Fair Work Australia full bench has upheld the reinstatement of a Regional Express pilot, but has effectively imposed on him an additional penalty of more than $55,000.
Fair Work Act agreements cannot undercut long service leave entitlements derived from state laws, Fair Work Australia has found, after refusing to approve a term allowing employees to cash out long service leave.
A Western Australian employer has failed to secure an urgent injunction against a former employee it alleged had taken confidential information, after finding there was insufficient evidence it would be used unfairly by a competitor.
Employers seeking to rely on the genuine redundancy exemption to unfair dismissal claims now have clear guidelines on when redeployment will be considered reasonable - along with a warning against making redundant workers apply for advertised vacancies - following the rejection by a Fair Work Australia full bench of Ulan Coal Mines' appeal against an earlier finding that six workers it sacked should have been redeployed to other Xstrata mines.
