The Federal Magistrates Court has awarded $36,000 in damages to an independent contractor after its contract was terminated without notice, in one of the first decisions on whether a corporate independent contractor can make an unfair contract claim under the Independent Contractors Act.
ACTU president Sharan Burrow has today put forward proposals to protect Australian working people from mortgage pressures and the financial crisis that is unfolding in the US, while she has also renewed her call for the Federal Government to plug "gaps" in its IR plans and pledged that unions are ready to take action to combat climate change and drive growth in green jobs.
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The AIRC has rejected a former Coles Group Logistics employee’s claim for unfair dismissal after finding he threatened to throw his supervisor “out the window” at a meeting to review his conduct.
CPSU (PSU group) secretary Stephen Jones has been returned unopposed for a further three years, along with another two members of his seven-strong executive, after nominations for the union's election closed late last week.
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The Productivity Commission's proposed paid parental leave scheme would require employers to bear $75m in superannuation contributions while employees are on leave and pay workers their parental leave entitlements before being "speedily" reimbursed. The proposal has already drawn fire from the ACCI, which says business owners would be unlikely to support a scheme that involved more red tape and required extra superannuation contributions.
The Productivity Commission in its draft report on paid parental leave has recommended the Government introduce 18 weeks of publicly-funded paid postnatal parental leave to be shared between parents, plus two weeks paid leave exclusively for fathers or same sex partners.
The Federal Court has issued an injunction against textile manufacturer Huyck Wangner Australia after finding it might have been retaliating against planned industrial action when it decided to introduce a new shift structure at its Geelong plant.
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull yesterday declared Work Choices was dead and that the Government had a mandate to change IR laws, as the ACTU launched a new advertising campaign aimed at pressuring Labor to strengthen collective bargaining rights.
