The NSW Government has introduced a new bill to stop workers addicted to illegal drugs from claiming they have a disability in the workplace, in a bid to overcome a landmark court ruling.
Companies with overseas operations will be rushing to review the employment terms of their staff on international duties after a former PriceWaterhouseCoopers employee won $500,000 compensation for redundancy in an unfair contract ruling by the NSW IRC.
The IRC has certified a Woolworth's agreement after accepting the retailer's assurances that the SDA's pro-forma union encouragement clause contained in the deal wouldn't lead to breaches of freedom of association laws.
NSW's Chief Industrial Magistrate has applied principles established by the High Court in Hollis v Vabu Pty Ltd to find that a couple who operated a tennis centre were employees, not independent contractors.
In another ruling that extends employers' consultation obligations when making 15 or more employees redundant, the IRC has ordered Optus Administration Pty Limited to give the CEPU a range of information about redundancy selection criteria and redeployment mechanisms.
Clothing store chain Esprit has announced a new maternity leave scheme providing its female employees with up to 12 weeks paid leave, in the first deal of its kind in the retail sector.
The 16,500 civilians employed by the Defence Department have won unlimited sick leave, paid paternity leave and a pay increase of at least 9% over two years, under a new enterprise agreement.
In a ruling that will prompt some employers to review their policies on supplying cars to employees, a tribunal has found that an employer indirectly sexually discriminated against five female managers when it failed to provide them with cars for private use.
Some 6,000 workers at BHP Billiton's steel division will go out for 24 hours next Monday, in a bid to pressure the company to renew security of employment guarantees and boost its pay offer.
