The IRC has ordered the LHMU's Victorian branch to compensate two officials it constructively dismissed after they refused to make a "compulsory" payment to support the six AMWU officials who allegedly raided the HQ of Skilled Engineering.
Federal Government to assess cost of Goward's paid maternity leave options; Construction union rebels fail in bid to change rules; and unions seek to extend coverage in health and federal public sectors.
The car industry is close to grinding to a complete halt, as the unprotected dispute over entitlements at component maker Walker Australia in Adelaide shows no sign of being resolved.
More than a thousand meatworkers from one of Australia's largest processors have agreed to return to work under award conditions which offer substantially lower pay than under their previous enterprise agreement.
An IRC full bench has today cleared the way for certified agreements to contain union fee deduction clauses, ending the uncertainty that followed the February ruling in Atlas Steels by Deputy President Ken Ives.
In an important ruling, the Federal Court has found that a shipping line didn't discriminate against its workers when it decided to dismiss them and hire a cheaper foreign crew.
Women now head peak union bodies in a majority of states, after former SA teachers' union leader Janet Giles has become the first woman secretary of the State's peak union body.
A South Australian water utility has substantially boosted female numbers in its engineering area after changing its recruitment processes and introducing new paid parental leave and work/family initiatives.
An employer who retracted an offer of employment because the candidate failed a medical examination discriminated against the candidate on the basis of his impairment, a tribunal has found.
The BabyCo sales employee dismissed because she refused to work under a roster that prevented her attending her children's weekend sporting fixtures has been reinstated after negotiations between management and the union.
