Spotlight dismissal for "honest" breach of company policy not unfair; Sackings over damaging company property and dishonesty were valid; Lack of award-derived conditions excludes senior bank employee's unfair dismissal application; and Sacking of sleeping guard upheld.
In what the SDA believes is the largest private sector agreement in Australia, some 90,000 employees at Coles and Bi-Lo stores around the country are voting on a deal struck with the union that delivers a 10.4% pay rise over the next three years.
Mitsubishi and vehicle unions have agreed to a severance deal for workers at the defunct Tonsley Park factory in Adelaide that sets a new high for the industry.
New Labor MP Mark Butler has called in his first speech to Federal Parliament for a new look at providing tax credits to boost the real earnings of low-paid workers, while another new ALP member, Amanda Rishworth says she gained first hand experience of the pressure employers can impose on young workers when she refused to sign an AWA at 19 and was no longer offered work.
The ABCC has launched a new legal action against the CFMEU over a Victorian construction project, while Superannuation and Corporate Law Minister Nick Sherry has signalled a Federal Government push to link executive salaries more closely to company outcomes, including through new reporting requirements.
Queensland's parliament is this afternoon debating the legislation Industrial Relations Minister John Nickel introduced last week removing local government workers from the reach of Work Choices.
The small business advisory group charged with drafting Labor's proposed fair dismissal code for businesses with fewer than 15 employees will hold its first meeting in Melbourne tomorrow.
Tax and welfare changes have helped increase the real disposable income of employees on the federal minimum wage despite accelerating inflation, according to the Australian Fair Pay Commission's first report on the impact of its pay decisions.
