In an important ruling on the income cap for unfair contract claims under s106 of the NSW IR Act, a full bench of the State's IRC has made it clear that any payment received in the 12 months before the application will count towards the cap.
A man who was dismissed for making excessive phone calls has failed in his appeal against an earlier decision that he couldn't claim unfair dismissal because he was on a six month probation period at the time.
The AIG has today urged a Senate Committee to reject further simplification of awards to remove matters such as long service leave, saying the federal long service standard "should be extended - not abolished".
The LHMU will pursue bargaining fee clauses in areas such as manufacturing where it has strong membership and coverage by State agreements, in the wake of a SA IRC full bench ruling such provisions are lawful.
A five-member SA IRC full bench has today ruled lawful a bargaining fees clause that requires non-members of unions to pay 80% of full union membership dues, but has played down the wider significance of the ruling.
Just Group employees get $1,000 in free shares when company floats; Victorian Government defends decision to refuse pay rise for judges; ACOSS calls for tax system to be restructured; Labor spurns ACCI push to retain AWAs; Woolworths shuts out meat union; and ACTU conference to help unions' federal election strategy.
Religious schools and businesses employing fewer than six workers would no longer be exempt from NSW's anti-discrimination laws, under a private member's bill before the State's Parliament.
Fear of risking career advancement and the association of work-family policies with women are two of the reasons employees who have access to family-friendly provision at work don't always use them, research shows.
A man whose application to join the NSW Police Service was rejected because he has impaired vision in one eye has won $10,000 damages plus the right to have his application reconsidered.
