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Vic employees still out in cold on penalties

Unions have failed in a bid to reinstate public holiday penalty rates for more than half a million Victorian employees.

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The IRC has refused a bid by metals employers to strike out the application by metals unions to vary awards to arrest casualisation in the industry.

High Court ruling makes it easier for employers to discriminate

The High Court has ruled the Army was justified in sacking an HIV-positive soldier because he was an OHS threat to his colleagues, in a judgment that makes it easier for employers to lawfully discriminate against employees.

IRC confirms Act's emphasis on competitive unionism

The IRC has confirmed the primacy under the Workplace Relations Act of promoting competition between unions.

Are principals liable for the actions of their contractors?

Is a principal vicariously liable for the negligent actions of its independent contractor? No, according to a landmark majority judgment by the NSW Court of Appeal.

IRC edges into court's territory

The IRC has taken the unusual step of taking into account discriminatory behaviour under s170CK in determining whether an employer had a valid reason to sack an employee.

Coles clerical EA gets up

The IRC has approved a modified s170LK agreement covering the clerical and administrative workers of Australia’s largest employer, Coles-Myer, six months after it refused to certify the original deal.

Member-only awards don't breach FOA

Awards which apply exclusively to union members only don’t offend the freedom of association provisions in the Workplace Relations Act, according to a senior full bench of the Industrial Relations Commission.

Only "blatant obstructionism" justifies backdating

The IRC has refused to backdate an enterprise agreement pay increase for thousands of Western Power employees, after finding in an arbitration ruling that neither the union or the employer had engaged in “blatant obstructionism” that would justify such a move.

Share ownership blow to enterprise unions

The burgeoning levels of employee share ownership have emerged as a major barrier to establishment of enterprise unions, following a landmark IRC ruling in which the IRC refused to register the staff association at the Suncorp-Metway “megabank”.

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