Fairfax's The Age newspaper discriminated against a female editor when it failed to provide her with the company car it had offered to the previous male editor, a tribunal has ruled.
The FAAA's international division has threatened industrial action as early as Australia Day unless Australian Airlines increases pay and conditions in return for allowing flight attendants to operate further afield, while Qantas today confirmed it is considering further outsourcing of jobs.
In a ruling sure to send shudders through the labour supply industry, the Queensland IRC has found a labour hire company liable for freedom of association breaches procured by a host employer.
The LHMU and employers will begin talks before the AIRC next week to finalise substantial pay rises for child care workers in Victoria and the ACT, following last week’s full bench ruling on work value and pay relativities in the industry.
In a vital post-Electrolux ruling, the Federal Court has found the AMWU and two officials coerced a coal mining company when it took unprotected industrial action in October in pursuit of matters that didn't pertain to the employment relationship.
2005 is the year the Howard Government will finally get the chance to stamp its mark on IR unfettered by the Senate. Workplace Express - in our final story for 2004 - looks at some of the key areas to watch out for over the next 12 months.
A Victorian employer has appealed against a move by the AIRC to conciliate a dispute over whether employees should be covered by AWAs or a collective agreement.
It is "verging on the obscene" to deny unfair dismissal remedies to small business employees, as they are the category of workers most in need of protection, according to Corrs partner Breen Creighton.
An employer who hired a topless waitress for a work Christmas party was not guilty of sexual harassment or discrimination against its female secretary who was working nearby, the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal has found.
