A security officer who claims he was discriminated against when other employees presumed he was homosexual has been allowed to proceed with his complaint, after a NSW tribunal dismissed his employer's attempt to have it struck out.
LHMU official Chris Barrett has taken over as assistant secretary of the Queensland Council of Unions after the ascension of former assistant secretary Grace Grace to the peak body's top job.
Up to 12,000 employees of law firms in three states will have their employment regulated by an award, after their employers failed in a bid to revoke a dispute finding.
Comments by the IRC President, Justice Geoffrey Giudice, have practitioners concerned about having the same deadline for both appealing decisions and complying with orders.
Employees at Wattyl's paint manufacturing plants around the country were due back at work at first shift today, ending the sit-ins, pickets and strikes that began last week but maintaining bans and limitations.
In a major blow to the Office of the Employment Advocate, the Federal Court has thrown out its attempt to prosecute the CFMEU (construction division) and one of its members for breaching the Workplace Relations Act's freedom of association provisions.
In what could be its first move towards getting up a federal award for labour hire workers in the manufacturing sector, the AMWU has served a log of claims on about 900 companies across the country.
Employers who discriminate against employees or prospective employees because of their drug dependency or addiction could be acting unlawfully, following a Federal Court ruling handed down last week.
The Victorian Government has little hope of meeting its July 1, 2001 target for implementing its Fair Employment Bill following the Opposition's decision to delay the legislation's passage until at least March.
