WA IRC to hear redundancy test case in November; Tribunal rejects staffing reduction at coal loader; and Law Society launches bullying prevention CD ROM.
The Supreme Court of Victoria has dismissed claims by anti-logging protesters that they were falsely imprisoned by the CFMEU (forestry division) and logging workers during a confrontation in the Otways rainforest in early 1999, but has awarded the protesters more than $130,000 damages for their more minor claims.
Women's Electoral Lobby allowed to intervene in work and family test case; Unfair to sack worker because of relationship with co-worker, says tribunal; Tribunal upholds workers comp self insurance "Chinese walls" decision; New study says employers increasingly using employee attitude surveys to measure engagement; UK unions achieve first rise in membership density since 1989; and UK Low Pay Commission to examine effect of minimum wage on gender pay gap.
In a major development in shipping, CSL and ship management company ISM are seeking to pull out of the industry award and be bound instead by a new award containing significantly different terms and conditions.
Qantas, which today announced a record profit before tax of $965m for 2003-04, has announced plans to immediately pay a $1,000 bonus to its 35,000 Australian employees and boost paid parental and carers leave.
The Building Industry Taskforce still has some significant parliamentary hurdles to face before it can exercise its new powers to force witnesses to give evidence and hand over documents.
Today's ABS Wage Cost Index lends support to the Reserve Bank's suggestion last week that labour shortages are not yet driving up aggregate wages, with annual trend growth slipping to the lowest level since late 2002 and quarterly growth of just 0.8%.
A Victorian tannery has failed to convince the AIRC to overturn a finding that the redundancy selection process it undertook after a business downturn was unfair.
