A company that withdrew an offer of employment when it discovered the potential employee's criminal record has paid her $2500 compensation and revised its global recruitment and HR practices, after the AHRC found it discriminated against her.
An FWC full bench has used a workplace determination to call on the federal government to relax public sector bargaining guidelines, at the same time as it questioned the legal standing of a major department's decision to "go harder" after workers voted down multiple proposed deals.
An injured Rio Tinto mineworker who refused a redeployment because it would have put her on the same roster as her former husband, leaving her with no capacity to care for her children, has failed to win a finding that dismissing her was unfair.
UK court upholds finding that Uber drivers are "workers"; Sexual harassment inquiry extends submission deadline; 13 organisations agree to limited confidentiality waiver for harassment inquiry; AMIEU leader challenging expulsion bid; and Hayden Royal Commission website to be decommissioned.
Victoria's Supreme Court has lobbed a $125,000 contempt fine against the CFMMEU for pre-amalgamation MUA leaders' speeches to picketers at a Melbourne container terminal, finding the union made a calculated decision that its interests would be well served by flouting "no go" orders.
Average wage increases in private sector agreements approved in the September quarter have reached 3% a year for the first time since 2016, according to Jobs Department data released today.
Labor promises to consult on IR policy; Council within jurisdiction for anti-bullying claim, says FWC; CFMMEU's Hanna gets suspended sentence for destroying union documents; Treasury overshoots again on wage growth forecast; and Lloyd returns to IPA.
An employer must pay compensation to a store supervisor after its HR manager sacked her within her probationary period and insisted that she was not legally obliged to say why, with the Federal Circuit Court finding it was because she made numerous complaints about her employment.
The Registered Organisations Commission has launched an investigation into whether Together Queensland unlawfully retaliated against its former assistant secretary for making a protected disclosure.
