New domestic airline entrant Impulse Airlines is pursuing an IR strategy that is a radical departure from aviation industry norms, with its pilots and flight attendants provided by a labour supplier, engaged as contractors and rewarded with dividends rather than wages.
The MUA's shelf company, MUA-HTS, applied yesterday for a s127 order against Esso, claiming it has directed offshore oil employees in the Bass Strait to work in contravention of what the non-union employees claim are protected bans.
The HREOC has ordered a company and a male employee to pay $25,000 in damages for sexually harassing, sexually discriminating against and victimising a female employee.
Capral Aluminium Limited's failed appeal against a $150,000 OHS fine should help clarify the terms under which the NSW IRC imposes significant fines against corporate re-offenders.
In a ruling highly critical of the Commonwealth Bank's investigation processes, the Federal Court has overturned a finding that it was justified in dismissing an employee it accused of stealing $27,400.
In another instalment in the factional battle that has engulfed the HSUA Victoria No. 1 branch, the newly-elected secretary will not be able to take office until after September.
Victorian employees are over-represented among the low-paid compared with their NSW counterparts and the national average, according to a new report prepared for the Victorian IR Taskforce.
A union has again successfully used the anti-suit injunction tactic against Yallourn Energy, with the CFMEU (mining & energy division) convincing the Federal Court that it had a strong case for interlocutory relief restraining the company from taking tort action against it.
In a rare move, three of Australia's leading employer organisations yesterday issued a joint statement criticising the move towards greater IR regulation by unions and the ALP.
