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IRC certifies deal for supported wage employer

The IRC has found it in the public interest to approve an enterprise agreement for a business employing intellectually disabled people, despite it failing the no disadvantage test.


Caltex arbitration delivers 4.5% increase

An IRC full bench has awarded 200 technicians at Caltex's Kurnell refinery in Sydney a 4.5%-a-year pay increase, under a s170MX arbitrated award.



Skilled Engineering hit for damages

The Victorian Supreme Court has found Skilled Engineering Ltd and one of its drivers jointly liable for the damage caused at its host employer's site, ordering a joint pay out of $313,650.


Ruling a roadmap on fitness for duty

A recent full bench decision by the IRC establishes a commonsense approach to the fraught issue of fitness of employees for duty, barrister Kylie Nomchong told a conference last week.


IRC member discriminated against workers in former job

In a ruling that will embarrass the IRC, the Federal Court has found that Telstra discriminated against its award employees when its group managing director of ER, Rob Cartwright - now a Commission member - emailed his line managers urging favourable treatment for employees on AWAs.


Reith to resign from Parliament

Former Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith has announced that he won't contest the next election.


News in brief

Unpaid leave for victims of crime; early parental leave for NSW casuals; NZ countdown for paid parental leave; and IRC member not biased.



Esso guilty on all counts

Esso has today been found guilty on all eleven criminal charges over the 1998 gas blast at the company's Longford plant, which killed two workers, injured eight others and cut Victoria's gas supply for two weeks.


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