Employers risk contravening procedural fairness requirements under federal unfair dismissal laws if they fail to give an employee notice of the reasons for terminating their employment before making a decision to proceed with a dismissal, an IRC full bench has ruled.
An abbatoir worker and meatworkers' union delegate who was sacked after a torrid nine-month lockout at the G&K O'Connor meatworks at Pakenham, Victoria, has temporarily won his job back, after the Federal Court found he might have been unlawfully dismissed for being a union delegate.
At the same time as the NSW government and teaching unions are at loggerheads over the introduction of performance appraisals, the ACT teaching union has accepted a deal that introduces such a system.
In a landmark ruling, the ACT Supreme Court has found that employers have a duty to establish systems to prevent violence against employees in the workplace.
The three metal industry union officials found guilty of contempt by the Federal Court on Friday could be facing jail terms at the same time Campaign 2000 kicks off.
In more fallout from the bitter AMWU election row, former Victorian secretary Frank Fairley has lodged an unfair dismissal claim against the union in the IRC.
Warehouse and clerical employees at News Ltd's magazine distribution arm, Gordon & Gotch, were due to return to work this morning after voting in favour of a deal struck between the company and unions over the weekend.
