AIRC's Richards promoted to presidential position; RBA cites wage growth, labour shortages as factors in raising interest rates; and Cost of cycling to work goes up for Victorian health department employees.
UPS discriminated by refusing to hire Rastafarian because of his beard, say US EEOC; Employer discriminated against worker when it sacked her because of asthma, says UK tribunal; Walking the talk: UK IR Minister says his past two departmental heads have worked part-time; and Property business sacked worker due to her pregnancy, says tribunal.
An AIRC full bench has today overruled a controversial decision allowing a union to take industrial action without a secret ballot under Work Choices' transitional provisions.
The Victorian Government's new Workplace Rights Advocate has launched its first investigation into union complaints that a cleaning and catering contractor is using Work Choices to try to increase hours and cut casual and part time loadings.
The TWU's NSW branch has lost an application to stay the AIRC's first order against industrial action under Work Choices, in a case that affirms the new law’s power over state-registered unions.
Woolworths was entitled to ban a long-serving employee from wearing a nose stud at work, despite failing to enforce its policy for a decade, an AIRC full bench has found today.
Federal Government financial assistance for workers pursuing unfair dismissal claims will be limited to employees on average weekly earnings of $915.70 ($47,745 a year) unless they can qualify for "special consideration," according to details of the program released on Friday.
The ACTU claims ABL State Chamber is advising its members to blame the Howard Government if Work Choices forces them to make unpopular changes in the workplace, but the employer organisation says the union peak body is wrong.
