Mitsubishi workers vote up redundancy package; Childcare tax taskforce wants survey participants; Increase in VCAT appeals, but quicker turnaround; Tenix lockout to end tomorrow.
In a long-running unfair dismissal case involving a chief engineer on a ship who was sacked for fighting, the AIRC has this time round found that there was a valid reason for his dismissal, but that it was unfair.
AIRC Vice President Michael Lawler has defended the AIRC and its President against recent claims that it was partisan and deliberately expanding its turf to overcome the restraints imposed by the Workplace Relations Act.
Federal Labor has today clarified how the AIRC's new powers to arbitrate "intractable" bargaining disputes would operate if a Latham Government was elected.
WA IRC to hear redundancy test case in November; Tribunal rejects staffing reduction at coal loader; and Law Society launches bullying prevention CD ROM.
The Supreme Court of Victoria has dismissed claims by anti-logging protesters that they were falsely imprisoned by the CFMEU (forestry division) and logging workers during a confrontation in the Otways rainforest in early 1999, but has awarded the protesters more than $130,000 damages for their more minor claims.
Women's Electoral Lobby allowed to intervene in work and family test case; Unfair to sack worker because of relationship with co-worker, says tribunal; Tribunal upholds workers comp self insurance "Chinese walls" decision; New study says employers increasingly using employee attitude surveys to measure engagement; UK unions achieve first rise in membership density since 1989; and UK Low Pay Commission to examine effect of minimum wage on gender pay gap.
In a major development in shipping, CSL and ship management company ISM are seeking to pull out of the industry award and be bound instead by a new award containing significantly different terms and conditions.
Qantas, which today announced a record profit before tax of $965m for 2003-04, has announced plans to immediately pay a $1,000 bonus to its 35,000 Australian employees and boost paid parental and carers leave.