The Queensland security firm that was caught last year by the State's contractor deeming provisions in an historic IRC decision has failed to avoid paying out tens of thousands of dollars to its employees by setting up a new company.
Some 56% of WA workplace agreements across four industries pay less than the award, according to new research that has strengthened the State Government's resolve to repeal the Workplace Agreements Act.
Workplace privacy and surveillance are two key issues to be considered in a Victorian Law Reform Commission inquiry into the capacity of current privacy legislation to deal with advances in technology.
At a time of heated debate over exempting small business from unfair dismissal laws, the IRC has condemned a small business for neglecting "fundamental courtesies and practices" of the employment relationship when it sacked a worker.
The power, gas and water industry has achieved annual labour productivity growth of 7.3% for the past 15 years, but still hasn't reached the OECD average, according to a new Productivity Commission report on the services sector.
An IRC full bench has thrown out an attempt by labour supplier Manpower to overturn the certification of a competitor's agreement that allegedly provided an unfair competitive advantage.
The federal Government's legislative bid to restore the 12-month exclusion of casuals from pursuing unfair dismissal cases looks doomed to fail in the Senate after Labor finalised its position, while Labor is also pushing to have the Government's small business unfair dismissal exemption bill sent to a Senate Committee.
The IRC has ruled that an employer wasn't justified in summarily dismissing a worker who persisted in calling a manager a "scab" after being warned for his conduct.
