Information Commissioner Angelene Falk has ordered the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to release email communications between its then secretary and former Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd about matters including the APS workplace bargaining policy.
The SDA has failed to establish that rostering provisions in the Coles Supermarkets agreement should stop the supermarket giant from forcing a team leader with children's soccer and babysitting commitments to increase her weekend shifts.
Major corporates are slowly shifting from keeping cases of harassment and inappropriate conduct confidential to an understanding that disclosure helps protect their brands, according to Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins.
The first national accounts data to measure a full quarter of the coronavirus economic downturn confirms Australia is in recession and shows a big reduction in hours worked and real labour costs, alongside a substantial increase in productivity.
An accountant has been awarded $40,000 after a tribunal found she was forced to resign for allegedly spreading rumours that her employer was conducting an office affair.
"Extraordinary expenditure of no credit to anybody": Judge; Worker backpaid $224K as public corporation admits underpayments; ALLA webinar on pandemic's IR impact.
The Morrison Government has won approval for the extension of the JobKeeper wage subsidy for six months, after making last-minute amendments of its own.
In a decision highlighting the perils of using Facebook as a managerial tool, the Federal Court has found a major McDonald's operator posted threatening, coercive messages that misrepresented workers' rights to water, toilet breaks and sick leave.
The FWC has taken the initiative of releasing a draft award schedule addressing working-from-home arrangements, describing it as conversation-starter that recognises the need to adapt to COVID-19 realities.
