NSW Premier Bob Carr has asked Prime Minister John Howard to legislate to reverse the recent Federal Court decision that a drug addiction could constitute a disability under the Disability Discrimination Act
Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith has this morning reintroduced his bill that exempts small businesses from unfair dismissal laws and provides a statutory six-month probation period, but the legislation is certain to again be defeated.
Pay increases in September quarter private sector enterprise agreements grew only slightly to 3.9% a year (up from 3.8% the previous quarter), while increases in public sector deals rocketed to 4.3% a year (up from 3%).
A security officer who claims he was discriminated against when other employees presumed he was homosexual has been allowed to proceed with his complaint, after a NSW tribunal dismissed his employer's attempt to have it struck out.
LHMU official Chris Barrett has taken over as assistant secretary of the Queensland Council of Unions after the ascension of former assistant secretary Grace Grace to the peak body's top job.
Up to 12,000 employees of law firms in three states will have their employment regulated by an award, after their employers failed in a bid to revoke a dispute finding.
Comments by the IRC President, Justice Geoffrey Giudice, have practitioners concerned about having the same deadline for both appealing decisions and complying with orders.
