A stockbroking firm's success in securing an injunction to restrain two brokers who moved to a rival firm highlights that companies should move quickly to enforce restraint clauses.
The last six years have seen a dramatic increase in the percentage of those employees putting in long hours who would prefer to work less, according to a new annual survey by the University of Melbourne.
In the first sign of failure for a risky strategy Victorian unions have been using, striking electricity workers in the La Trobe Valley have agreed to return to work after the Federal Court issued interim injunctions against them individually.
The DEWR wrongly calculated both the cap on compensation for unfair dismissals and the income threshold for making unfair dismissal claims for the past five years, WR Minister Tony Abbott has conceded.
Workers at the largest Australian-owned lift company, Liftronic, have walked off the job for three working days in a bargaining dispute over redundancy entitlements.
The HR market is picking up despite downsizing and restructures, with mid to low level HR practitioners' salaries stabilising and specialist professionals being paid a premium, a recent survey has shown.
Queensland unions have given Q-health until tomorrow to make a revised pay offer to 32,000 public health workers, threatening to stop work for 24 hours if the department does not deliver.
The IRC has confirmed that it has broad powers to make orders for consultation with a union when an employer is planning to make 15 or more employees redundant. The powers extend to halting dismissals until consultation occurs.
