Federal Court grants second injunction to company picketed over outsourcing; and Rio Tinto super fund discriminatory on basis of age, but employee claim fails.
The IRC has certified a renewed agreement between labour supplier Forstaff and the ALAEA for Qantas's Avalon maintenance facility, after receiving assurances from the parties that a novel clause involving the union in hiring and firing decisions wouldn't be used to discriminate against non-unionists.
The IRC has ruled that a Rio Tinto subsidiary unfairly applied its selection process when it made 81 employees redundant at its Mt Thorley coal mine, in a decision echoing recent findings about the company's conduct at the nearby Hunter Valley No. 1 mine.
In a ruling on a disability discrimination claim by an injured worker, a tribunal has highlighted the "perverse outcomes" resulting from anomalies in NSW anti-discrimination law.
The federal Government will pay a substantial portion of Ansett workers' entitlements if Air New Zealand can't be forced to do so, through a substantially expanded federal employee entitlements safety net scheme, PM John Howard has announced today.
Brisbane Council workers go out over bargaining claim; High Court rules on accident compensation interest payments; CFMEU wins back Weipa coverage after decade-long struggle; NT teachers hold first-ever strike; and more.
A full bench of the NSW IRC (in Court Session) has partially thwarted a sacked power company CEO's $1m unfair contract claim, after finding the legislation governing State power companies allowed dismissal of a CEO at any time without notice.
