Couple sacked for being trouble, not for union involvement, says Federal Court; AMWU food division challenge before the court; Independent Contractors Act to commence March; and Della Bosca intervenes in dismissal case involving OHS issues.
The ABCC has begun a coercion and false representations action involving potential large penalties against the CFMEU's Victorian construction branch and three delegates, alleging they forced a building contractor to sign an agreement and join the industry super fund before he could start work on a mining construction site.
A full bench of the NSW IRC has upheld a finding that the sacking of a court officer for both harassment and sexual harassment was unfair, but said it made its ruling "not without hesitation" and warned that "no employee who engages in harassment of any kind could take any comfort from our decision".
Wages down in real terms since Work Choices, says ACTU; Performance pay for teachers an AWA push, Burrow says; Federal Government to strengthen secondary boycott provisions; Lorissa Stevens duress case in court next month; Bench reserves on Ponzio strike pay appeal; and $33,000 penalty for art supplier who underpaid workers.
A South Australian cleaning company that breached the Work Choices agreement-making rules has escaped prosecution in the Federal Magistrates Court on the basis that there was no valid agreement to prosecute.
Sacked employees might have a new common law avenue for unfair dismissal claims after a NSW Supreme Court decision implying duties of confidence and good faith in employment agreements.
A company involved in a controversy over the introduction of allegedly sub-standard AWAs after the takeover of a Perth supermarket has failed to stop an OWS prosecution for duress in the transmission of business.
Wages are continuing to grow strongly, with ABS data today showing hourly rates increasing by 1.1% seasonally adjusted in the December quarter, and 4% over 12 months.
Security transport firm Brink's Australia has won a court order to stop a former executive from enticing customers to a rival group of companies in breach of restraint of trade and confidentiality clauses in his employment agreement.
