The Victorian Government has launched a $270,000 campaign to tighten OHS controls in call centres, after research found stress related absences were endemic in the industry.
Chris Corrigan can be expected to drive substantial changes to work practices and staffing levels in rail, after a joint venture between Toll Holdings and his Lang Corporation won the right to buy the publicly-owned National Rail Corporation and FreightCorp.
In the first IR policy announcement by a major party ahead of the February 9 SA election, The Liberal Party has today promised to exempt small businesses from unfair dismissal claims during workers' first year of service.
A hotel unfairly dismissed a chef when she took sick leave to care for her injured child, despite being unsure of when she would return to work, the Queensland IRC has found.
The revived Ansett deal to protect employee entitlements, which secures them against fixed assets, gives unions a new option for inclusion in enterprise bargaining claims.
In an unusual case, an IRC full bench today began hearing an appeal by a labour supply company against the certification of an enterprise agreement for one of its major competitors.
Employers should provide clear and easily understood reasons for sacking a worker, preferably in writing, or risk having the dismissal overturned, following an IRC decision.
Wollongong University has been fined $5,000 for breaching restrictions on fixed-term employment in its enterprise agreement, after the first judicial test of tertiary education industry award and agreement provisions that promote continuing employment.
An employer misled a worker who it believed was drunk at work by failing to inform him of what blood alcohol reading constituted a failure, an IRC full bench has found.
