An anaesthetist who stopped receiving referrals from an endoscopic surgeon after going on leave for three months without providing adequate notice has won a s106 unfair contract claim in the NSW IRC.
Big spending by households has led to jobs for the humble sales assistant growing faster than any other category, but despite this, technology is the biggest driver of change, according to new research.
In a novel test case, a UK public servant is claiming in an employment tribunal that a dress code requiring him to wear a collar and tie discriminates against him on the basis of his sex.
A high-profile private prison company failed to give an employee a fair go when it sacked him over criminal offences he openly disclosed when he was hired, the AIRC has ruled.
A new family welfare plan canvassed as a possible alternative to a national paid maternity leave scheme proposes to deliver almost $25,000 cash and $4,000-a-year in subsidies for early childhood care in the first five years of a child's life.
Shorten outlines baseline for AWU deals in opening speech to union national conference; AIRC quashes Energy Developments Limited's s170LK agreement; and Qantas says flights normal despite FAAA action.
Australian employees' attitudes towards unions has continued to improve, an annual report commissioned by the NSW Labor Council has revealed, although the majority still believe employers have more power.
Unions have today launched a book critiquing the Cole Royal Commission, to coincide with Royal Commissioner Terence Cole handing his final report to the Governor-General this afternoon.
