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.
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.
