The NSW IRC says Linfox was right to dismiss a truck driver who tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine, despite TWU concerns over the drug-testing procedure.
The new non-union agreement for Prime Minister John Howard's own department mandates that employees take at least five days annual leave, while any recalcitrants can be directed by department head Peter Shergold to have a break.
A female employee's longstanding susceptibility to panic attacks was no reason to reduce her $41,000 damages payout, a tribunal has ruled, after finding her male boss continuously pressed her to have sex with him.
Former US Labor secretary Robert Reich has warned against shifting to a US-style labour market, at today's launch of NSW unions' new $1m think tank, Working NSW.
The Coalition’s success in getting its Electrolux bill through the Senate yesterday hasn’t hampered the Victorian ETU’s electrical contractors campaign, with the union confident of flowing-on before Christmas a new deal it wrapped up late last week with a group of contractors - even though the sector’s current agreements don’t expire until October next year.
In another case examining the reach of NSW’s unfair contract provisions into commercial arrangements, the NSW IRC (in Court Session) has refused to strike out on jurisdictional grounds an application over a contract establishing a joint business venture.
Removing third parties won’t remove conflict, warns historian; ACTU awards night; AIMPE can proceed with award bid; and link to Hulls letter now available.
The Electrolux Bill has this afternoon passed the Senate, but confusion will continue to reign over non-pertaining matters in agreements, which haven't been validated.
