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CFMEU fined $100,000 plus costs over WA boycott action

The Federal Court has ordered the CFMEU to pay $115,000 in penalties and costs for breaching the Trade Practices Act's secondary boycott provisions when it delayed a concrete pour and picketed at a construction site in Perth in 2004.

Flawed HR structure renders Telstra unable to meet consultation requirements, says AIRC

In an important private dispute resolution ruling that might provide an alternative channel to challenge unfair dismissals under Work Choices, the AIRC has reinstated three employees made redundant by Telstra. It found that flaws in the structure of the telco's HR management mean it is unable to comply with obligations to consult employees and their union about restructuring plans.




Discriminatory remarks lead to $72,000 Qantas payout

Qantas has been ordered to pay a former licensed aircraft mechanical engineer $71,692 after the Federal Magistrates Court accepted that discriminatory remarks made to him at work contributed to his depressive illness.


Rudd to tear up Work Choices

New Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd will put Work Choices on the scrap heap if he takes power next year, he confirmed today.

Bank's paid parental leave boost welcome, but still short of RBA mark, says FSU

St George has begun offering its 8,500 employees interest-free loans of up to $4,000 to purchase ecologically sustainable infrastructure such as rainwater tanks for their home and boosted its paid parental leave from eight weeks to thirteen weeks, in a policy change announced today.