Fair Work Australia has acceded to a union bid to terminate a preserved state agreement covering 139 Queensland cleaning employers, despite finding that some workers could lose their jobs as a result of the decision.
Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick has called for reform of Australia's retirement income system, including expansion of the superannuation co-contribution scheme and measures to reward unpaid caring work, to reduce the greater risk of poverty women face in retirement.
In a long-running ABCC prosecution, the Federal Court has fined the CFMEU (construction and general division) $75,500 and former organiser Bob Mates $10,000 for coercing a labour-hire company formed when a related firm went into liquidation to re-hire three workers.
FWA has refused to approve two aged care agreements that employees voted up, finding the employers breached the good faith bargaining requirements when they put the offers directly to their workforces without telling the union they were doing so.
Sacked Harvey Beef workers seek redress; FWO slashes legal panel numbers; Government releases draft on lost super laws; and Court severs unreasonable restraint
Family First's construction amendments available; Gillard pleased with deals on IFAs; Campbell's dispute now over; and ABI now a registered organisation.
Telstra has put a pay offer on the table that would deliver its workers a 9% pay rise over three years and a sign-on bonus of up to 2%, but unions say it is inadequate and have questioned the timing of the announcement.
A senior sales executive has been ordered to pay back his $150,000 severance payout, after the NSW Court of Appeal overturned an earlier ruling that he was entitled to nine months pay in lieu of notice following his dismissal.
Cuts to working hours in Australia during the global financial crisis may have prevented more widespread job losses but they have also lead to growing discontent among workers, according to the OECD.
A court has ordered the director of a printing company to pay $33,000 in compensation and penalties to a production manager who he dismissed for being absent because of a workplace injury.
