The flight attendants' union, which will disrupt Qantas191s international operations with a 14-hour stoppage next Tuesday, says today's strong profit results show the airline has the capacity to meet the union's pay claim.
The NSW IRC has restrained a health organisation from removing a senior professor from his managerial duties until the release of an independent report into claims that he engaged in scientific misconduct.
An employee made redundant after 28 years has failed in a bid to have the 52-week cap on severance payments under his employment contract declared unfair.
New Zealand PM Helen Clark has told the ICFTU women's conference in Melbourne that her country plans to expand its publicly-funded paid parental leave scheme.
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.
