The Federal Court has told employers they should make it clear to employees what they can and can't do on the company email and IT systems, after finding Ansett Australia unlawfully sacked a union delegate for distributing a union bulletin by email.
A Federal Court full bench has maintained the injunction stopping BHP offering individual contracts to its 500 or so remaining award workers at its Pilbara iron ore operations, after removing two of the three legs of the case successfully argued by unions before a single judge.
Federal Government amendments to the Corporations Law to protect employee entitlements constitute "one step in the right direction", according to Democrats IR spokesperson Andrew Murray.
A Federal Court full bench has upheld the interlocutory injunction that stopped BHP offering individual contracts to 500 employees remaining on awards at its Pilbara iron ore operations.
A new s170LK enterprise agreement made directly with employees at the Victorian office of the Australian Institute of Management provides no safety net increases, with remuneration boosts available from merit-based rises and organisational performance bonuses.
The attempt to register the new BLF has foundered, after an IRC full bench found its structure "fundamentally undemocratic and unrepresentative" and the management of its affairs "inefficient".
The Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission has ruled that it doesn't have the power to hear a discrimination complaint from a woman engaged in London to work in Australia's High Commission.
In a case that might expose employers to significant damages for dismissing workers - particularly managers - employed under contract, a Federal Court full bench has upheld a court-ordered payment of $20,000 to a sacked senior manager for losing the chance to renew his contract.
