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VCAT to rehear employee/contractor case

In another case dealing with whether Roy Morgan Research Centre (RMRC) interviewers are researchers or employees, the Supreme Court of Victoria has allowed the company's appeal against a VCAT finding that they were employees.

News in brief, May 4, 2005

CEPU fails to quash official's unfair contract claim; Boeing workers to take more industrial action after stopwork today; AIRC failed to take into account dismissed worker's limited English language skills; and North American employers adopting aggressive "hire to hurt" strategies as labour market tightens.

IR law rollback by Labor would be limited, says Andrews

The prospect of a future Labor Government seizing the opportunity to create an "anti-employer" national IR system is no reason to halt the Government's plans for a unitary system, because experience elsewhere shows any rollback would be modest, according to Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews.


Bullied and harassed apprentice awarded damages

A 16-year-old apprentice electrician who was deliberately burnt on the neck and arms by his supervisor and was repeatedly asked to perform oral sex and other sexual favours has been awarded $15,000 in damages for sexual harassment.

News in brief, Tuesday, May 3, 2005

Correction to higher education story, and NTEU announces campaign against funding-linked IR changes; AEU membership also on the rise; Reject deal that pays $10,000 more to men than women, ASU to tell Queensland IRC; Queensland to introduce its first child employment laws; and Sunshine State reverses onus in freedom of association cases.




News in brief, May 2, 2005

Gallop Government establishes pay equity unit; SA IR reforms take effect May 16; Club justified in sacking bar worker who failed to bundy off; Better bargaining legislation might be impotent against "go early" strategies; and ACCI calls for debate on national OHS regime.