A full bench of the AIRC has upheld an earlier finding that a labour hire firm was the employee of a woman dismissed from her job as a re-buyer for Coles Myer.
The Australian Federal Police has tonight won the ACCI/BCA Gold Work and Family Award for provisions such as emergency care and generous paid leave that have substantially improved the work-life balance of its workers, while slashing attrition rates.
In a case confirming that s106 unfair contracts legislation stretches beyond employment contracts, the NSW IRC (in Court Session) has ruled that the owner of a bus used in a Coca-Cola advertisement can proceed with a claim against a design company who failed to pay agreed rental and restoration charges.
Victoria's top court has overturned the Schou discrimination ruling and its record $161,000 damages payout, in an important decision on whether it is reasonable to require employees with family responsibilities to attend work.
The AIRC's national wage full bench today raised "serious doubts" about the reliability of evidence from Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews on the employment effects of minimum wage increases, in its decision to raise all award rates of pay by $19 a week.
The AIRC's national wage case full bench has today awarded a $19-a-week increase to all apply to all award rates. The increase is a new record, exceeding the $18 awarded in 2002.
Victorian nurses today voted to lift work bans and accept an agreement recommended by health unions that provides 3% annual base pay increases and maintains existing nurse-to-patient ratios.
HR managers risk being outsourced while they maintain spending priorities that are completely out of step with those of their CEOs and CFOs and waste their time performing tasks such as 360 degree feedback, international HR expert Dr John Sullivan told a conference in Sydney today.
In an important interlocutory unfair contracts ruling, the NSW IRC (in Court Session) has stayed changes made to address the unfair notice provisions of a construction worker's enterprise agreement.
In a move sure to be closely monitored by other states, WA's Gallop Government has promised to cap working hours at 56 a week, put limits on successive long shifts and strengthen regulation of rest breaks.
