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.
The Cole Royal Commission's push for the Federal Government to use the National Construction Code to drive good practice across the construction industry is a "central plank" of his change program, according to a Freehills workplace relations partner.
The FSU will tomorrow seek an interlocutory injunction against the Commonwealth Bank's proposed transfer of employees to a subsidiary, claiming it breaches the Trade Practices Act's misleading and deceptive conduct provisions.
The managing partner of a national employment law firm has outlined a nine-point checklist to help employers avoid the pitfalls of the recent Federal Court full bench transmission of business rulings in Gribbles and Amcor.