Melbourne-based construction company Probuild has been recognised for its pioneering program to improve the work-life balance of its 160 direct employees, at the annual BCA/ACCI work and family awards dinner in Sydney last night.
Bakers Delight senior management is apologising to junior employees at one of its Sydney shops who were threatened with the sack if they did not find replacements to work shifts when they were absent, including due to sickness or family commitments.
The Defence Department and three of its male employees have been ordered by a court to pay more than $400,000 plus costs to a female former colleague who was sexually assaulted, harassed and victimised while working at a naval depot in Cairns.
Victorian police might take industrial action from next month; Future uncertain for Ford engine plant workers; OWS pursues manchester shop in regional Victoria over alleged AWA duress; Workplace Authority contacting a million workplaces about changes to Work Choices; and ABC Commissioner to address conference on future of construction industry.
Tensions are building in the labour movement over Labor’s allocation of preferences at the next election, after the head of a national union wrote to the ALP warning that its commitment to axe Work Choices could be undermined if it helps to elect Democrats or Family First senators rather than Greens.
The Queensland Council of Unions has applied for a $28 a week increase in minimum state award wage rates and a 4.7% rise in allowances from September 1, arguing the buoyant economy can afford real rises in line with this year's increases in WA and NSW.
A gay male student who claims he was sexually harassed by a female tutor who persistently sought his company has won an appeal against the summary dismissal of his case.
The AIRC has dismissed an employer's application to suspend a CFMEU bargaining period covering 17 employees on expired AWAs at Victoria's Yallourn power station, and granted the union's application for a ballot for industrial action.
The Federal Magistrates Court has made the first authoritative ruling on what constitutes ordinary hours of work for payment of notice under the Workplace Relations Act.
The median (rather than average) pay of non-managerial employees on AWAs is 16.3% lower than for those on registered collective agreements, but higher for some employees of big businesses and government departments that use AWAs to avoid unions, according to research for the Victorian Government released today.
