An employer’s assertion that its staffing costs were unsustainable did not prove that it had dismissed an employee for genuine operational reasons, the AIRC has found in a ruling that provides guidance on the level of evidence required to rely on the exclusion.
Canberra electricians' AWAs again at centre of political storm; Howard asked about $200-a-week inferior AWA; Victorian Government ads misleading, says Andrews; Visas prohibit union activity, says ACTU; AIRC has jurisdiction on NAB worker taxis dispute; and Senate debate on independent contractors legislation delayed.
The day after initiating legal proceedings against two Western Australian companies for AWA duress, the OWS has announced it has began prosecuting three Victorian companies for underpaying wages and other entitlements.
Individual employment arrangements are less likely than collective or union agreements to provide overtime, weekend penalties and annual leave loadings, according to a study of 793 Victorian businesses released by the Bracks Government today.
The Office of Workplace Services is prosecuting Ten Talents Pty Ltd and Cyberlink Pty Ltd, alleging they applied duress on two employees to sign AWAs after the takeover of the IGA Hilton supermarket in Perth.
After years of lobbying for laws to override state deeming provisions, Independent Contractors of Australia is now threatening to withdraw support for the Federal Government's independent contractors legislation - unless it is amended in debate before the Senate likely next week.
Melbourne parts manufacturer Heinemann Electric has lost its appeal against an AIRC finding that a union claim seeking protection for employee entitlements is not prohibited content.
An employee who breached company policy by sending an e-mail containing a racial slur should not have been summarily dismissed although the offence warranted termination with notice, the WA Industrial Relations Commission has found.
Employer fears of higher leave entitlements to account for regularly worked overtime or penalty rates under Work Choices are overstated, according to a leading industrial lawyer.
