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.
Regulated standards should replace the current system of voluntary, ad-hoc approaches to helping employees manage work and family responsibilities, according to report released today.
Corporate regulator ASIC and unions are pressing Ansett's newly-appointed voluntary administrators for a guarantee that the ailing company can pay all $300m of employee entitlements, while some airline unions are proposing an employee buyout of the company.
