The NSW Court of Appeal has ruled a delivery driver was an independent contractor, on the basis that his ownership of a truck, ability to designate a substitute driver and treatment as a PPS taxpayer all weighed against him being categorised as an employee.
Employees transferred from one employing entity to another during a company restructure will not be subject to any post-employment restraints unless specific provision is made for them, the NSW Supreme Court has ruled.
The Government's endorsement overnight of the UK's model for setting minimum wages is simply code for saying it wants to cut workers' pay by removing the independent AIRC from the picture, Shadow IR Minister Stephen Smith said today.
A full bench of the SA IRC has overturned a finding that a council unfairly dismissed a pool manager who kicked a boy in the bottom and tapped him on the back of the head for being cheeky.
Unions have today announced they will launch a national week-long offensive in late June - including substantial spending on advertising - to improve public awareness of the implications of the Howard Government's plans for IR change.
Healthy employees who willingly take on stressful workloads will be unlikely to successfully argue their employer was liable for any resulting psychiatric injury, following an important High Court ruling today.
The UK's Low Pay Commission - visited yesterday by Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews - has increased minimum wages at a faster rate than growth in average weekly earnings, and intends to keep doing so.
