An employer failed to give equal treatment to its employees when it dismissed two of them for angrily confronting a third worker who damaged their lockers, while letting the third worker off with a caution, the IRC has found.
NSW Labor Council assistant secretary John Robertson will take over the peak body's leadership, after his rival, TWU State branch secretary Tony Sheldon, withdrew from the contest yesterday.
Leading IR and HR jobs recruitment specialist HR Partners is now providing a nationwide listing of IR/HR jobs and salary information on Workplace Express.
In what could be an important test case, the ASU is claiming in a Federal Court freedom of association action that a security company is unlawfully discriminating against a group of casual security guards because of their entitlement to a 25% casual loading.
In a landmark ruling, the Federal Court has found an employment agency partially liable for the sexual harassment of an employee it placed with an employer.
The IRC has refused BHP's bid to end bargaining periods at its Central Queensland coal mines, ruling that the High Court's landmark Coal and Allied decision last year raised the "jurisdictional bar" for parties trying to establish that industrial action is seriously harming the economy or society.
Employers should make it clear when engaging employees that any share or share option entitlements are subject to the company’s share plan, following a court judgment that allowed a senior employee almost unfettered access to a substantial package of shares and options after completing just six months of service.
