Workforce participation could be improved as the labour market tightens by reducing the cost to workers of meeting their caring responsibilities, but the Howard Government’s promised childcare debate won’t go far enough, according to a new report.
On January 17, the phones stopped ringing at the futures desk of a Sydney broker after staff walked out en masse. Now their former employer has launched a Federal Court action against the company they left to join.
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’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.
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.
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.
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.
Shortages of skilled workers haven't yet driven up wages, with ABS and DEWR data released today showing little change in recent private sector pay trends.
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.
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.
