Victorian women are earning on average about 15% less than their male counterparts, still getting sacked for becoming pregnant and suffering more discrimination, according to the 2003-04 annual report of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission.
An AIRC full bench has found the Commission had no power to halt the ABC’s transfer of an employee, because this went beyond the dispute settling powers conferred by the broadcaster's enterprise agreement.
The WA IRC has found a 60-year old stock controller's forced redundancy after 23 years was in fact an unfair dismissal "tainted with ageism", and awarded him the maximum compensation available.
IBM Australia and Exxon-Mobil Australia have achieved the highest rating for workplace practices in the latest RepuTex social responsibility survey for the Australia Pacific region.
The uncertainty surrounding the implementation of the High Court's Electrolux decision is set to linger on, after the AIRC announced this afternoon that the Merkon Constructions test case had been halted.
The ACTU will seek a $26.60-a-week wage rise next year for Australia's 1.6 million award workers - the same increase it pursued last year, the secretary of the peak union body, Greg Combet, announced today.
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Two directors who failed to ensure their workplace was free from bullying have had the fines against them increased from $2,000 to $21,000 by the NSW IRC, in a ruling that makes it clear that employers' OHS obligations extend to preventing intimidatory and violent behaviour at work.
