The NSW Police Service has been ordered to pay $10,000 in damages for placing a constable on restricted duties because of an abnormal blood condition called sickle cell trait.
RBA says skill shortages could drive up wages, inflation; Alcoa workers return to job after striking over alleged sex toy gift; and CFMEU threatens to picket Walter debtors who fail to pay up.
John Howard's approach to IR is the first betrayal of his post-election promise that his Government wouldn't become arrogant as a result of its Senate majority, ACTU secretary Greg Combet told the AWU's biennial national conference on the Gold Coast today.
Multinational companies such as Bluescope Steel, Pilkington, Alcoa and Exxon/Esso could be exposed to coordinated international industrial action, under a new strategic alliance struck between the AWU and the US steel union.
A company was justified in sacking an electrical technician for misconduct after he worked on a boiler without obtaining a safety permit, the NSW IRC has held.
Goward launches new work and family campaign; Alcoa seeks s127 orders to end strike over alleged sex toy gift; ASU members vote up Qantas deal; and Parliamentary independent contractor inquiry not to hold hearing until March.
A NSW council has been ordered to pay a former general manager $139,000 in salary and bonuses after the State IRC found his contract was terminated early and without adequate notice.