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3.5% a year increase at BBC Hardware

The new enterprise agreement for BBC Hardware Retail provides 4,800 employees a pay rise of 3.5% a year, introduces unpaid parental leave for casuals after two years service and reduces casual loading from 24% to 20%.

Commissioner rejects apprehended bias claim

A senior member of the IRC has rejected an application for him to disqualify himself from an unfair dismissal hearing on the basis of apprehended bias.

Democrats won't abolish AWAs

The Democrats have confirmed they won't upport the abolition of AWAs if Labor is returned at the next federal election.

Unequal treatment makes dismissal unfair

An employer failed to give equal treatment to its employees when it dismissed two of them for angrily confronting a third worker who damaged their lockers, while letting the third worker off with a caution, the IRC has found.

New way for unions to stymie WAWAs

Unions have won a new tool to prevent employers using WA Workplace Agreements to undercut award conditions, following a court decision yesterday.

Robertson to lead NSW Labor Council

NSW Labor Council assistant secretary John Robertson will take over the peak body's leadership, after his rival, TWU State branch secretary Tony Sheldon, withdrew from the contest yesterday.

New IR/HR jobs and salary information facility at Workplace Express

Leading IR and HR jobs recruitment specialist HR Partners is now providing a nationwide listing of IR/HR jobs and salary information on Workplace Express.

Company discriminating due to casual loading: union

In what could be an important test case, the ASU is claiming in a Federal Court freedom of association action that a security company is unlawfully discriminating against a group of casual security guards because of their entitlement to a 25% casual loading.

Employment history need only be disclosed if relevant: IRC

The IRC has found an employee who failed to disclose a decade-old work injury with a former employer did not breach her duty of trust to the employer.

Employment agency partly liable for employer's sexual harassment

In a landmark ruling, the Federal Court has found an employment agency partially liable for the sexual harassment of an employee it placed with an employer.

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