Employees do not have a right to electronic privacy at work and employers are legally obliged to monitor emails and personal activity on internal networks, according to a prominent IT lawyer.
Employer organisation the AiG has added to the swelling tide in favour of government-funded paid maternity leave, and says the existing baby bonus scheme should be scrapped to pay for it.
An employee at an Australian Post call centre has been demoted for having too many personal items at her work-station, sparking planned legal action from the CPSU.
Glass workers at Victoria's Pilkington manufacturing plant are likely to return to work this week, pending their endorsement of an in-principle agreement reached with the AWU.
The use of a vehicle to drive to and from work - provided primarily because the employer had no secure parking at night - isn't a benefit affecting an employee's overall remuneration, the IRC has found.
A council worker who verbally attacked another worker because he was Aboriginal has failed in his application for reinstatement, after the Queensland IRC found the ultimate penalty was appropriate.
Almost two years after the landmark South Australian casuals decision, a full bench of the State IRC has confirmed that casual employees under the SA clerks award should be able to elect to convert to permanent status after a year on the job.
In action that again poses a threat to the car industry, glass workers at a Victorian Pilkington plant will walk off the job indefinately tomorrow after a breakdown in enterprise bargaining negotiations with the AWU.