The WA Government has won an appeal against a state IRC decision that overturned its sacking of a teacher, with the state Court of Appeal finding the disciplinary process followed was in line with statutory obligations.
Booth takes over as Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commissioner; Former Sex Discrimination Commissioner to be Queensland Governor; and AIRC refuses time extension for year-late agreement certification application.
In a case that could have reverberations in Australia, a UK employment tribunal has upheld a claim by a public servant who worked in a back-office role that his employer's strict insistence that he wear a tie constituted sexual discrimination.
A male service station attendant has been awarded almost $17,000 in compensation for sex discrimination, after a NSW tribunal found he was dismissed for refusing to remove his earring.
A Canadian academic said today employers will have to respond to the caring needs of the emerging "sandwich generation" of employees, who face the challenge of caring for both ageing parents and young children at the same time.
An AIRC full bench has today made it clear that unions can take lawful protected action against related companies in pursuit of a single business agreement.
In an important ruling, an AIRC full bench has accepted that a worker who was reinstated after being unfairly dismissed should have his amount of lost remuneration reduced because of "serious" threats he made after the dismissal.
A Federal Court full bench has upheld a finding that two organisers breached freedom of association laws when they threatened industrial action over a worker's refusal to join the CFMEU, but has reduced the penalty against the union.
