In an important case for the aviation industry, a pilot who breached her training bond by resigning six months after being trained to fly a new aircraft has been ordered to repay her employer $16,366.
The Federal Magistrates Court has ruled that an employer's reaction to news of an accounts clerk's pregnancy constituted discrimination against her, but has thrown out a range of sexual harassment allegations.
An employer that wrongfully suspected a worker of fraud could not have foreseen that their actions would result in the worker developing reactive depression, the NSW Court of Appeal has ruled.
It was fair to sack a flight attendant who raised her middle finger at an airport manager, given her history of being late for work, the AIRC has ruled.
The CFMEU and its national secretary, John Maitland, have failed to establish they were defamed in a 2001 Daily Telegraph article by columnist Piers Akerman that, according to the union, implied they had condoned the "violent, destructive attacks" and standover tactics used in the alleged "raid" on Johnson Tiles.
In a sign that wages are edging upwards, hourly pay rates excluding bonuses are growing at a trend rate of 3.7% a year, equalling the record highest growth since the ABS began compiling the Wage Cost Index in September 1997.
Public school teachers across NSW will hold a 48 hour stoppage unless the State Government withdraws its application to reopen the wage claim currently awaiting decision in the State's IRC, the NSW Teachers Federation has warned.
A finance director for a Sydney Water subsidiary who was sacked for alleged misuse of his employer's property and failing to follow proper accountability procedures has been found to have breached his duty of fidelity and had his unfair contract claim thrown out by the NSW IRC.
NSW Upper House committee recommends new offence of corporate manslaughter; AIRC changes panels as Munro prepares for exit; Electronic lodgment of agreements helps CFMEU get agreements in on time; AIRC launches new notification service for awards; AIRC member refuses to step down from union registration case; Commission full bench to hear test case on reinstatement of incapacitated employee; There's time to boost workforce participation, says OECD; and HSBC says wages heading for 4.25% next year.
