Waterfront productivity has surged to a new record of 26.4 containers an hour, after Sydney container terminals burst through the 25-box benchmark set by former WR Minister Peter Reith in 1998.
Large employers should develop company-specific privacy codes of practice ahead of new obligations on private sector employers coming into force in December, leading IR law academic Ron McCallum told a Sydney conference today.
The former VP of HR for Sydney's Star City Casino has failed in a bid under FOI legislation to obtain a report containing serious unsubstantiated allegations that led to his dismissal.
The FSU's Hunter Valley members will spearhead a new campaign of rolling stoppages, begining on Friday, to advance the union's bargaining position against the ANZ, NAB and Westpac.
A part-time worker has won the right to make an unfair dismissal claim, after the IRC dismissed her employer's argument that pay of $50,000 a year for working three days a week put her above the $71,200 ceiling.
A WA IRC full bench has compensated an employee for the mental distress arising from throwing him off the premises and threatening to call the police immediately after his dismissal.
Two workers dismissed after an angry confrontation are to be reinstated and receive more than $160,000 in lost wages despite their employer's contention that they would have been made redundant anyway.
Industrial action that delayed flights at Melbourne Airport has ceased after Chubb Security Australia Pty Ltd successfully applied to the IRC on Friday to terminate the bargaining period.
