Failure to declare criminal record not a sacking offence; Appeal court rejects retrospective agreement claim; Bookkeeper sent invoices under business name, but still an employee; and Dismissal for abuse and intimidation unjustified: State IRC
A CPSU delegate who alleges she was transferred to another position and denied the chance to stay in her job because of her union membership and activities is seeking a court finding that a major federal department unlawfully discriminated against her, in a case the union says highlights some agencies' tardiness in adapting their practices to comply with the Rudd Government's regime for recognition of unions in the Australian Public Service
Fair Work Act gets Royal Assent; ATO puts 3.25% pay deal on the table; Unionists fined $1,000 for FOA breaches; and Construction workers to strike over ABCC.
PC to consider growing executive pay gap; Unions welcome job-friendly broadband plan; Agreements cover almost 80% of workers; and 700 jobs to go at Rio Tinto.
Almost 80 coal loader workers will be able to seek to protect $2m in super entitlements via a s106 unfair contracts case in the NSW IRC, after an appeal court found Work Choices and its regulations didn't stop it proceeding.
The AIRC has made a workplace determination to cover Victorian allied health employees who were the first workers forced under Work Choices to stop industrial action because it posed a risk to patients.
Members of the strife-torn HSU Victorian (No 1) branch will tomorrow vote on whether new elections should be called to break the deadlock between the union's warring officials.
The AIRC has made a further 27 modern awards in stage two of the award modernisation process. Those awards, released on Friday, are in agriculture; building, metal and civil construction; cleaning; financial services; graphic arts;, health and welfare services; information and communications technology; private transport; quarrying; and sanitary and garbage disposal.
