A business owner who described himself to a new female employee as "touchy feely" and gave her uninvited kisses has been ordered by the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal to pay her $8600 compensation for sexual harassment.
A key employer group has urged the NSW IRC full bench to follow the AFPC in keeping minimum wages on hold, while unions and the State Government have argued for modest increases, in state wage case hearings this week.
The Federal Magistrates Court has found the CFMEU (construction and general division), the union's NSW branch and one of its organisers guilty of coercion over threats - including bankruptcy - the organiser made to a non-union concreting subcontractor.
Women with access to paid maternity leave tend to return to work after having a child more quickly than those with unpaid or no leave entitlement, a new study based on HILDA data has found.
The ACTU has written to Fair Pay Commissioner Ian Harper to complain that it relied on "fundamentally flawed" modelling when it refused last week to award a moderate pay rise of about $9.52 a week. The peak body also lamented that the AFPC kept under wraps data that showed that 92% of pay-scale-dependent workers experienced real pay reductions under the Work Choices pay-setting regime.
Sex discrimination could explain 70% or more of the wage disadvantage female managers experience compared to their male counterparts, a new study based on HILDA data has revealed.
A tribunal has ordered Bunnings to pay more than $150,000 in damages and indemnity costs and condemned its "completely unreasonable" handling of a sexual harassment complaint by a worker, whose male supervisor persistently asked whether she was wearing any underwear.
The LHMU's applications for majority support declarations for 12 hotels across Australia have today been adjourned for four weeks, after a preliminary hearing by Fair Work Australia in Sydney.
Unions will be able to seek greater control over hiring and firing arrangements on building sites, but remain subject to tough freedom of association requirements, under the federal government's new construction code guidelines.
