Healthy employees who willingly take on stressful workloads will be unlikely to successfully argue their employer was liable for any resulting psychiatric injury, following an important High Court ruling today.
The UK's Low Pay Commission - visited yesterday by Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews - has increased minimum wages at a faster rate than growth in average weekly earnings, and intends to keep doing so.
PM says IR change won't be against interests of workers; Skilled calls for licencing to boost labour hire companies' compliance with IR laws; Submissions due for parliamentary work/family and Cole Bill inquiries; and University wins discrimination exemption for indigenous-only jobs.
A Federal Court full bench has thrown out a complaint by the Navy's former director of psychology against being forced to retire at 65, saying he has exhausted all legitimate avenues to reverse it.
The AIRC has upheld an employer's zero tolerance for theft, in the case of a truck driver who was asked to resign after he took two magazines from a damaged pallet.
EOWA releases new pay equity tool in bid to close 15% gender-based pay gap; Desk and phone costs deducted from salesworkers' commission in bid to boost productivity; OEA website promotes AWAs to small business; Federal parliamentary library releases legislation digests on BCII and bargaining fee prohibition bills; AMWU says casuals seeking permanent conversion being intimidated; and Senior line managers should conduct performance reviews, says new book.
The AIRC has persevered with the compromise approach it adopted to "matters pertaining" before the High Court's Electrolux decision - an approach that employers and the Government can probably live with, according to Cutler Hughes & Harris solicitor, Ron Baragry.
