A physiotherapy practice that told an employee she had to change her finishing time to 7pm despite knowing she only had childcare until 6pm has failed to convince the AIRC to throw out her unlawful termination claim.
A slaughterhouse company is planning a High Court action against the Immigration Department over its refusal to allow it to import temporary abattoir workers under the subclass 457 visa scheme.
The Federal Court is expected on Monday to finish hearing a CPSU bid to find the Federal Government breached freedom of association laws when it banned public servants from taking leave to attend the 2005 ACTU day of action against Work Choices.
A Rudd Labor Government would modify the five minimum conditions under Work Choices and add a "limited" number of additional standards, while leaving industry-specific conditions to simplified awards, Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard told a conference in Sydney this morning.
The OWS has confirmed it is investigating whether call centre operator Australian Communications Exchange has breached workplace laws, while the OWS cases involving Tristar and BP were before the courts for directions.
Both Qantas and the consortium bidding for the national airline have told a Senate inquiry that proposed legislation seeking to protect against foreign ownership of Jetstar and the loss of Australian jobs was unnecessary, while Qantas has rejected ALAEA claims that Changi prisoners have worked on aircraft undergoing heavy maintenance in Singapore.
A Federal Court full bench has overturned a magistrate's decision to grant long service leave pay to a long-term casual worker after finding his enterprise agreement and award "covered the field" to exclude a new state LSL law for casuals.
The Tristar inquiry began in earnest this morning, with employee and union witnesses set to give evidence, after the company failed on Friday in its second attempt to halt proceedings.
