A council worker who referred to a co-worker as a "nigger" over a UHF radio was unfairly dismissed because his employer failed to adequately warn him about his misconduct, the AIRC has found.
The Victorian Court of Appeal has sent former AMWU leader Craig Johnston to jail for nine months and emphasised that his criminal conduct during raids on employers' premises couldn't be excused because they were allegedly committed "in the course of a genuine industrial dispute".
PM John Howard has opened the campaign for the October 9 federal election with a claim that a Latham Labor Government would "hand back control" of IR to unions.
Work and family test case hearings delayed until September 1; High Court to consider granting special leave to appeal landmark Solution 6 unfair contracts ruling; Clarification of Adecco article; Lawler meant to refer to unfair dismissal jurisdiction; Redundancy payment implied term of contract, says WA IRC; and Former Crow falters at kick-off with long service leave claim.
Suncorp has boosted the guaranteed pay increase and reinstated the AIRC's power to arbitrate disputes in its s170LK agreement offer, following an FSU push to improve the deal.
IR institutions and labour law need to be reshaped to provide fairness, stability and justice for the workplace of the digital age, according to a US law professor who will be the keynote speaker at a national labour law conference next month.
Major contract call centre companies TeleTech, Salmat and SalesForce Australia are before a full bench of the AIRC this week opposing a union bid to rope them into the federal contract call centre award.
Some 4,000 Government bus drivers in NSW have won a 1.5% work value increase as part of a 13.5% pay boost over three years, plus new provisions to help them manage their work and family needs.
The Australian Industry Group has called on the AIRC to give greater emphasis to economic considerations and for the Federal Government to appoint a greater proportion of AIRC members with economic expertise, to ensure it has the necessary skills to decide the national wage case.
Labour hire company Adecco, one of Australia's largest private sector employers, has canvassed the idea of setting up a trust fund to allow casuals to accumulate leave entitlements.
