Employers might be obliged to make super contributions when they pay some employees a lump sum in lieu of working out their notice, following an important ruling by the NSW Court of Appeal.
The Workplace Authority is yet to complete the fairness test for more than 140,000 of the 180,000 workplace agreements lodged since the new test came into effect on May 7 this year.
The CFMEU (FFTS division) has successfully relied on a rarely used unlawful termination provision to win reinstatement for a member who was sacked after he took a complaint to it about his treatment at work.
Employers are using post-fairness test AWAs to remove penalty rates without providing fair compensation, according to new analysis by Western Australia's Fair Employment Advocate.
The WA IRC is set to win new powers to mediate disputes and widen its ability to hear denied contractual benefits claims, after three pieces of workplace legislation passed the State's lower house.
Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard marked the 100th anniversary today of the Harvester judgement by releasing a 28-page dossier saying Treasurer Peter Costello would take the Work Choices changes even further if he became Prime Minister.
Parental leave will be extended to grandparents and employees will be able to request taking twice their annual leave at half pay under the Coalition's IR policy for the election announced by Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey today.
Woolworths was justified in summarily dismissing a store manager for drinking two beers during his lunch break because he breached an express term of his contract of employment banning alcohol consumption during working hours, the AIRC has ruled.
