The AIRC embodies Australia's credo of industrial equality and justice and continues to be the guardian of the safety net for workers, despite the changes in the law and the devolution of IR to the workplace, the High Court's Justice Michael Kirby said today.
Redeployed NSW public servant wins unfair contract claim; Timetable for Cole Bill "unrealistic", says Democrats leader; and One Nation torpedoes Howard Government's IR plans in tertiary education.
Drug company Merck Sharpe & Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd sexually discriminated against a female manager when it failed to return her to a comparable job after maternity leave, the Federal Magistrates Court has ruled today.
In a landmark ruling today, South Australia's Supreme Court has ruled that interviewers employed by Roy Morgan Research Centre Pty Ltd are genuinely independent contractors.
Tasmania's Industrial Commission has reinstated 17 meatworkers who picketed in protest at their dismissal for 182 days outside the Launceston plant of their employer, which had engaged in "sham" independent contractor arrangements and put in place a contrived company structure.
BCA says survey results shows no need for regulation of work and family measures; AIRC reverses outsourcing of Brisbane registry; HREA changes name; and two NSW industrial barristers take silk.
Administrative changes in the Queensland IRC have led to a substantial reduction in processing times for cases, according to a senior Commission member.
A new agreement covering workers at a Visy Recycling facility has been knocked back by the AIRC for several no-disadvantage test failures, including an attempt to include performance bonuses in pay rates to push earnings over the award.
In an important ruling, Tasmania's Supreme Court has found that a casual worker had no ordinary time rate of pay for the purpose of calculating his workers' compensation entitlements.
