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.
Employees and their representatives should have rights to information about their employer's operations that reflect their investment of human capital, while Work Choices proscriptions violate democratic principles, according to American IR academic Tom Kochan, who is visiting Australia.
The post-Cameron succession plan for the AMWU national and Victorian leadership positions devised between the dominant National Left and the now disbanded Workers First is under threat.
Virgin Blue is introducing a new performance-based staff profit share scheme worth up to $30 million following an employee survey showing falling morale among its 4,000-strong workforce.
The OWS has begun an action in the Federal Court against Tristar, alleging it has made 26 current employees involuntarily redundant and seeking that they receive their severance pay entitlements.
