A NSW IRC full bench has overruled a decision that rejected three out of time unfair dismissal claims, after finding that it incorrectly applied the legal maxim dealing with ignorance of the law.
A newly-certified agreement for Air New Zealand provides a pay rise of up to 6% and allows redundant workers to reject offers of alternative employment without losing their severance entitlement.
The AIRC today certified a greenfields agreement between ABC Paper and the TCFU to cover workers at a new processing plant in Sydney, despite the deal not yet containing a pay rise or key leave provisions.
Electrolux wins leave to appeal in High Court; Federal Court hears Emwest appeal today; New organisations laws take effect today; Hearings set down in redundancy and childcare test cases; Breakthrough in NZ paper dispute; and Lavery decision now available.
The NUW's former NSW branch secretary, the late Frank Belan, has failed in a Supreme Court bid to have his former assistant secretary pay half of a $200,000 defamation bill.
The AMWU is claiming a breakthrough in its Campaign 2003 bargaining round, saying the major maintenance companies in the power industry in Victoria have committed to a 36-hour week, a 13% wage increase, and the introduction of fixed term contracts rather than casual employment for specific project work.
The Federal Court has found today that the Commonwealth Bank might have breached s52 of the Trade Practices Act by engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct, but that the case against the bank faced significant obstacles when it goes to trial.
Unions are planning a new home visit "blitz" next month that will target workers at Foxtel's 500-seat call centre in Melbourne, after using the strategy successfully at other sites in the past year.
The High Court will tomorrow hear the AiG's application seeking leave to appeal against the Electrolux decision, which paved the way for unions to take protected action in pursuit of bargaining fees.
The multinational Starwood Hotel chain and the LHMU have struck a deal that extends paid maternity leave into the hospitality industry for the first time outside the Star City Casino agreement.
