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Court rejects bid to penalise Qantas

Qantas unions have failed in a Federal Court bid to impose penalties on the airline for allegedly breaching its enterprise bargaining agreement by failing to consult before contracting out maintenance work.

IRC boosts supported wage minimum

An IRC full bench has today awarded an application by the ACTU to boost the supported wage minimum from $50 to $53 a week.

HR practice in Australia preoccupied with short term gains

A new research paper has found Australian HR practices to be too passive and excessively focussed on the short term.

Employer failed to move early on harassment

An IRC full bench has slashed the compensation for a male employee who was sacked for sexually harassing a female colleague, after the bench weighed up his "serious acts" of harassment against the employer's lack of early action.

Unions push for disincentives on casuals

Unions have begun a new push to discourage casual employment, with the construction union seeking to boost casual loadings and NSW unions pursuing a "job security" test case.

Peace talks begin in construction union

Rivals for the construction union's leadership have agreed to suspend hostilities that have divided the organisation and to begin a fortnight-long process to develop a peace plan.

BHP unions launch short, sharp shareholder campaign

BHP unions have announced an intensive campaign to convince shareholders to vote down the company's proposal to merge with Billiton at an extraordinary general meeting next Friday.

Communication with children key to work/family balance: new study

Maintaining good communication at home, rather than reducing working hours, is the key to achieving a balance between work and family life, according to new research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

Unions to campaign against BHP merger

BHP unions will tomorrow announce that they will run a shareholder campaign against the BHP-Billiton merger.

Unfair contract claims up dramatically

The number of unfair contract applications under s106 of the NSW IR Act increased by 76% in the 2000 calendar year, according to data the NSW IRC has supplied to Workplace Express.

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