The Federal Court has today upheld a finding that the Australian Crime Commission discriminated against an intelligence analyst because of the time she took off to care for her sick son, but has cut in half the damages she won for non-economic loss.
The NSW IRC, in Court Session, has confirmed that the 12 month time limit for lodging s106 unfair contract claims applies regardless of when the contract was terminated.
The Bank of Queensland and the FSU have struck a new agreement that provides a 4.3% annual pay increase, introduces six weeks paid parental leave, extends loadings and overtime payments and makes weekend work voluntary, while on another front the union might be moving closer to industrial action at the CBA.
Unions will have to take steps to ensure they comply with privacy laws when they compile information about workers, following an important Federal Court ruling that also clarifies the scope of the immunity from costs under s347.
The NSW Teachers' Federation executive will meet on Monday to plan a 48-hour strike, following the State Government's refusal to back down on its decision to ask the IRC to reopen the teachers' salaries case.
The state secretaries of the Queensland and South Australian branches of the AMWU have joined national secretary Doug Cameron in securing four more years in office.
Workers at Anglo Coal's Southern Colliery in Queensland have this week voted up a new enterprise agreement, wrapping up a tough bargaining round that has left only one of the company's mines without a current collective deal.
Former AMWU Victorian branch secretary Craig Johnston has today received a suspended prison sentence over his part in violent "raids" at Skilled Engineering and Johnson Tiles in 2001.
