AIRC makes good faith ruling; Court rules on status of hearsay evidence; AIRC refuses to revoke Mavromatis permit; Bench refuses to overturn off-duty sex ruling; Former Patrick worker wins costs; AIRC recommends drug/alcohol policy trial at Capral smelter; and AIRC restructures panels.
A public servant dismissed for storing pornographic material on his work computer has had a partial win in the Federal Court, after it found that one of the officers investigating the matter could have been unfairly influenced.
The NSW IRC (in Court Session) has found two former investment bankers liable for what could be a million dollars in indemnity costs for their failed s106 unfair contracts case, while it has refused a Rio Tinto subsidiary's bid for indemnity costs.
Resources giant BHP Billiton has initiated legal action against one of its Pilbara employees over a letter he wrote to a newspaper alleging the company was targeting award-based workers for redundancy.
In an unprecedented move to retain new mothers in the workforce, Melbourne's Monash University has offered $15,000 research grants to women in its science faculty when they return from maternity leave.
The Federal Court has ruled in favour of keeping the CFMEU out of the massive North West Shelf gas project in WA until the trial of its right of entry case against Woodside and the site contractors.
Labour hire is back on the NSW Government's agenda, with Premier Bob Carr tonight promising to set up a tripartite industry council to oversee IR and OHS compliance.
It's irrelevant to the current state of play between Grocon and the CFMEU, but the AIRC's decision to reject the company's application to certify the one s170LK deal it got up after its falling out with the union shows the importance of full disclosure during bargaining.
