The SA IRC has awarded an agency nurse almost $5,700 in entitlements after finding that she was employed on a continuous contract rather than on a strictly casual basis.
Woodside job cuts to save $45m a year; Decision a boost for labour suppliers with good OHS; NSW IRC rejects union registration appeal; Reports released on transgender, family responsibilities and breastfeeding discrimination; and US women win compensation after harassment in employment-related medical checks.
Major labour-hire company, Adecco, has put its first non-union offer on the table in response to a 53-day strike by workers in the Victorian electrical contracting sector over the 36-hour week.
A new exhibition held by the AIRC to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the first woman joining the tribunal shows up that the Hawke-Keating Government was the biggest contributor to gender equity on the Commission bench.
The Federal Opposition claims the Government's decision to cancel this year's Work and Family Awards shows it has lost its way on work and family issues.