The NFF has called for an inquiry into labour costs and manning levels of tugboats, after dominant harbour towage company Adsteam Marine sought ACCC approval for price rises of up to 26% in major ports.
Australia's largest door manufacturer, Corinthian Industries, will pay an 11% increase to its 200 employees over two years, after its enterprise agreement was certified by the IRC this week.
In an important share option ruling under the NSW unfair contracts jurisdiction, the board of Brambles Australia Limited has been found to have acted unfairly when it completely denied share options valued at up to $277,000 to a redundant senior executive.
The WA Government has released draft legislation that axes the State's individual agreements stream, boosts the powers of the IRC and provides for good faith bargaining.
Excluded unions challenge Yallourn agreement certification; construction union takes Cole Royal Commission to court; Living wage hearings start April 3; Coles Myer gets new HR head; restraint clause bid fails; fighting worker keeps job; and more.
A police officer who exchanged offensive emails with Australian Federal Police colleagues has had the decision to terminate his employment put on hold by the Federal Court because of procedural fairness deficiencies.
A Hindu university teacher has had her discrimination claim dismissed, after the Victorian Court of Appeal found that several personal traits that were influential in her dismissal were unrelated to her race or religion.
A flight attendant who claimed she was sacked for the prohibited discriminatory reason of physical or mental disability has lost her case in the Federal Court.
