A gaming room attendant forced by a Sydney hotel to wear a mini skirt to work has had her sex discrimination claim rejected, with the Federal Magistrate's Court finding that she was effectively arguing that her employer took advantage of her sexuality.
CPI up 2.4% annually, 0.7% in quarter; Recruitment company says employers failing to align job reality with employment “brand”; AIRC certifies Jetstar-ASU deal; Flight attendants voting on whether to re-consider Australian Airlines offer; and Ansett employees set to get 83.3% of what they’re owed.
Both employers and unions are claiming victory in today's WA redundancy test case decision, after the State IRC doubled the maximum severance payout to 16 weeks and ordered that it apply to all WA award and non-award employees, but refused to extend severance entitlements to small business employees.
An employer breached an AIRC reinstatement order when it put a worker back on the payroll but refused to provide him with work, the High Court has ruled today, in its keenly-awaited Blackadder judgment.
High Court to rule on whether reinstatement obliges employers to provide work; Railcorp deal pays 4% a year to 15,000 workers; Noticeboard and right of entry clauses don't pertain, says AIRC; Labour hire worker not a casual, says AIRC; and High Court makes another ruling on employer safety liability.
Broad Constructions is seeking damages against the WA branch of the CFMEU (construction division) and its secretary, Kevin Reynolds, and assistant secretary, Joe McDonald, in a writ to be lodged in the Supreme Court this afternoon or tomorrow.
A Victorian company has been ordered to pay $12,500 to a casual employee it stopped offering work to, with VCAT finding it discriminated against him on the grounds of impairment.
Nelson goes west to John Holland; SA IRC give ticket inspectors protection; Labour hire a fad, says Federal Court judge; Independent contractors committee inquiry starts again Tuesday.
In an important decision involving mental illness in the workplace, the AIRC has ordered a dairy food company in rural Victoria to reinstate a worker it sacked after his first episode of schizophrenia.
The High Court has today granted special leave to appeal against three NSW Court of Appeal rulings on the scope of the State IRC's s106 unfair contract jurisdiction.
