In an important win for the FSU in its long-running battle with the ANZ, a full bench of the AIRC has made it clear that employers cannot place limits on unions' right of entry beyond those that already exist under the Workplace Relations Act.
A company and its male director found liable for the sexual harassment of a female worker have been ordered to pay her $25,000 compensation, including $5,000 in aggravated damages for the "indifference" it showed in failing to respond to HREOC correspondence and appear in the case.
The AIRC has certified the enterprise agreement for the Franklins supermarket chain, after the SDA and the company agreed to remove matters that didn't pertain to the employment relationship.
Holden supplier to meet with unions today in bid to resolve bargaining impasse; and AIRC upholds dismissal of Westpac branch manager who reversed her account fees.
Esso has hindered genuine bargaining between its Bass Strait mechanical and engineering contractors and unions, the IRC has found today in refusing a bid by the contractors to terminate their certified agreements.
The NSW IRC has today made its first ever Anton Pillar order, to ensure evidence relating to an employment contract is preserved until a s106 unfair contract case goes to trial.
Employers need definitive evidence before refusing employment on the basis of a medical condition - even for emergency services personnel, a tribunal has found in a case involving a colour blind man.
