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ACTU gets first meeting with Minister

ACTU president Sharan Burrow has described the union leadership's first meeting with Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews on his post July 1 reform agenda as "constructive", but said she was left with "no less fear" that the Government would fail to respect core labour standards when drafting its legislation.

NSW rail agency ordered to pay $2,000 damages for race bias against labour hire worker

NSW’s Rail Infrastructure Corporation indirectly racially discriminated against a labour hire employee of Sri Lankan heritage because of his poor written English, a tribunal has found, while the VCAT has refused a media request to produce documents relating to a workplace discrimination claim lodged by the woman who is struggling for her life after being found in a car boot last week.

Nuclear agency ordered to reinstate employee it made redundant

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation has been ordered to reinstate a female employee and reimburse her lost maternity pay and wages after she was found to have been unfairly selected for redundancy.

Builder launches boycott action against CFMEU

The CFMEU's construction and general division faces the risk of a substantial damages payout, after construction company John Holland sued it over an alleged secondary boycott when the union took industrial action on the company's sites last week.

Court makes crucial ruling on vicarious liability

In an important post-Vabu ruling, the NSW Court of Appeal has made it clear that principals are not vicariously liable for the negligent actions of independent contractors they engage, as long as there is an arms-length relationship between them.


News in brief, February 22, 2005

AIRC certifies agreement that became Electrolux battleground; ASIC releases guide to long-term performance of super funds; 16% pay rise for NSW public sector workers; Status quo upheld in Qantas maintenance engineers’ dispute; and ALAEA seeks 6.6% a year at Qantas.

IR change drives labour hire growth, report finds

Australia's labour hire workforce grew five-fold in the 12 years to 2002, with the changing IR climate a key contributor, a Productivity Commission staff working paper has found.

Cabinet gives Andrews a "good hearing"

Cabinet has received favourably Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews' broad outline of his IR agenda, and he will now begin work on a detailed policy package, a spokesperson for the Minister said this evening.