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Communication with children key to work/family balance: new study

Maintaining good communication at home, rather than reducing working hours, is the key to achieving a balance between work and family life, according to new research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

Unions to campaign against BHP merger

BHP unions will tomorrow announce that they will run a shareholder campaign against the BHP-Billiton merger.

Unfair contract claims up dramatically

The number of unfair contract applications under s106 of the NSW IR Act increased by 76% in the 2000 calendar year, according to data the NSW IRC has supplied to Workplace Express.

Court rules against CFMEU early election move

In the latest development in the leadership struggle in the construction union, the Federal Court has ruled against a move to bring forward collegiate elections for the leadership, but opened the way for any early election by other means.

Ruling confirms WR Act loophole

The Federal Court has confirmed a loophole in the WR Act that allows principals to direct their contractors and labour hire companies to lawfully dismiss their employees for what otherwise would be prohibited discriminatory reasons.

Meatworkers' case to canvass "industrial spies" claims

The meatworkers' union has incorporated extraordinary allegations about abbatoir operator G&K O'Connor engaging "industrial spies" in a Federal Court case against the employer.

Worker primarily responsible for injury: High Court

The High Court has upheld a jury's finding that a worker was 60% responsible for his workplace injury.

Disputes now harder to settle: Laing

The WR Act has made it harder for the IRC to play an effective role in dispute resolution, according to long-serving WA-based Commission member Bob Laing, who retired last month.

HREOC issues warning on genetic testing

The Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner has made it clear that using the results of genetic testing to discriminate against employees or potential employees would be unlawful, following the settling of a groundbreaking genetic testing case in the US.

TWU pressuring Qantas over Impulse workers

The TWU is putting pressure on Qantas to shift Impulse Airlines ground crew onto the international giant's conditions.

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