A police dog handler who was transferred out of the NSW Police Dog Unit for intentionally dropping puppies on the ground from height and firing his gun near a dog must be restored to his position, the NSW IRC has ruled, after finding that the allegations could not be proven.
The ACTU has welcomed the Rudd Government's focus on jobs in tonight's Budget, while employer groups said it was a "risky high-wire act" and a "sober reflection" of the global economic crisis.
The Federal Government has allocated an additional $149.7m over four years to implement its new workplace relations scheme – including an expected increase in unfair dismissal claims - with Fair Work Australia, the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Workplace Authority to receive an extra $56.6m between them in the next financial year. In its second Budget since winning office in 2007, federal Labor has also revealed more details of its paid parental leave scheme and announced a further 25,400 cut in skilled migration numbers.
Unions want construction company John Holland to pay $15,000 to each of 10 workers who were sacked and now face police charges as part of a settlement of the Westgate Bridge dispute, a document seen by Workplace Express reveals.
Qantas on-shores 500 jobs after maintenance deal reached; pilots vote up new agreement; Filipino ship crew call on WA unions for help; ACTU launches campaign for tougher national OHS laws; Sydney Ferries deal provides 7.5% increase; and New figures find a quarter of people working from home
Working parents with primary care reponsibility for a new-born child will be entitled to 18 weeks of paid parental leave from 2011, but only if they earn less than $150,000 per year, the Federal Government announced yesterday.
Workers covered by the Clerks Private Sector Modern Award and mining employers could be the big winnners under a new variation to the award modernisation request issued by Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard today.
Wilson keen for Fair Work role; Wage pressure easing, says Reserve Bank; Vickers new mining leader; $7,000 fine for Craig Johnston; Vickers new mining leader; and New Telstra chief must drop bully-boy tactics, says CEPU
Mining giant BHP Billiton will introduce a minimum 18 weeks paid parental leave scheme across its global workforce from July 1 this year, it announced today.
