Labor has today pledged to curb the "misuse" of regular casuals and launched a discussion paper that urges the introduction of regulations to confine casual employment to genuine short-term or irregular working arrangements.
The dismissal of a sheriff's officer for failing to declare his secondary employment as a security guard while receiving workers compensation payments was unfair, because he thought his employer was aware of the situation, the NSW IRC has ruled.
In an important ruling on the income cap for unfair contract claims under s106 of the NSW IR Act, a full bench of the State's IRC has made it clear that any payment received in the 12 months before the application will count towards the cap.
A man who was dismissed for making excessive phone calls has failed in his appeal against an earlier decision that he couldn't claim unfair dismissal because he was on a six month probation period at the time.
The AIG has today urged a Senate Committee to reject further simplification of awards to remove matters such as long service leave, saying the federal long service standard "should be extended - not abolished".
The LHMU will pursue bargaining fee clauses in areas such as manufacturing where it has strong membership and coverage by State agreements, in the wake of a SA IRC full bench ruling such provisions are lawful.
A five-member SA IRC full bench has today ruled lawful a bargaining fees clause that requires non-members of unions to pay 80% of full union membership dues, but has played down the wider significance of the ruling.
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Religious schools and businesses employing fewer than six workers would no longer be exempt from NSW's anti-discrimination laws, under a private member's bill before the State's Parliament.