Unions in industries where maintaining production is critical will be at high risk of common law damages claims if they take unprotected industrial action, following a crucial IRC full bench decision.
The coal mining union's national office is set to move in to the MUA's national HQ in Sydney, but leaders of both unions insist it is not the precursor to a formal merger.
SDA legal officer takes East Timor job; Calver is new Abbott advisor; Giles to run new Ansett's HR; Bussell takes HR role at Australian Airlines; and more.
HR Nicholls Society renews call for IRC's abolition; HSUA seeks to cover welfare workers; Court compensates Esso Longford workers, families; UK to bar discrimination on basis of age, religion and sexual orientation; and more.
A Perth solicitor has been suspended for two years and fined $4,000 for misleading a client and seeking "grossly excessive" costs in an unfair dismissal case, following a WA Court of Appeal ruling.
The NFF has called for an inquiry into labour costs and manning levels of tugboats, after dominant harbour towage company Adsteam Marine sought ACCC approval for price rises of up to 26% in major ports.
Australia's largest door manufacturer, Corinthian Industries, will pay an 11% increase to its 200 employees over two years, after its enterprise agreement was certified by the IRC this week.
In an important share option ruling under the NSW unfair contracts jurisdiction, the board of Brambles Australia Limited has been found to have acted unfairly when it completely denied share options valued at up to $277,000 to a redundant senior executive.
