A steel fabricating company unlawfully discriminated against two employees when it sacked them because they were members of the AMWU and seeking better conditions, the Federal Court has ruled.
Teachers' unions in NSW and South Australia are looking to the 6% interim pay rise delivered to WA teachers by new Premier Colin Barnett to give new impetus to their own stalled pay negotiations.
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The AIRC has found a company was justified in dismissing an employee after discovering she had received confidential information from a co-worker on employee performance and restructuring plans.
The AIRC has awarded a payout of more than $20,000 to an employee after finding he was unfairly dismissed for taking sick leave to attend an induction day for a new job just weeks before his voluntary redundancy took effect.
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A company involved in a transfer of business has lost its bid to pay a former employee less than the 64 weeks redundancy he was entitled to under his state agreement, after the AIRC rejected its argument that it should pay less because it had complied with an award clause and found him acceptable alternative employment.
The Federal Court has upheld appeals by a former Fairfax employee alleging he was dismissed for threatening to make a complaint to WorkCover, in a decision that broadly interprets freedom of association laws.
The WA IRC has indefinitely suspended the election for the state-registered branch of the CFMEU in which secretary Kevin Reynolds and his team are being challenged by a ticket led by former official Darren Kavanagh - and has set aside five days for an inquiry into the union.
