The HREOC has ordered a company and a male employee to pay $25,000 in damages for sexually harassing, sexually discriminating against and victimising a female employee.
Capral Aluminium Limited's failed appeal against a $150,000 OHS fine should help clarify the terms under which the NSW IRC imposes significant fines against corporate re-offenders.
In a ruling highly critical of the Commonwealth Bank's investigation processes, the Federal Court has overturned a finding that it was justified in dismissing an employee it accused of stealing $27,400.
In another instalment in the factional battle that has engulfed the HSUA Victoria No. 1 branch, the newly-elected secretary will not be able to take office until after September.
Victorian employees are over-represented among the low-paid compared with their NSW counterparts and the national average, according to a new report prepared for the Victorian IR Taskforce.
A union has again successfully used the anti-suit injunction tactic against Yallourn Energy, with the CFMEU (mining & energy division) convincing the Federal Court that it had a strong case for interlocutory relief restraining the company from taking tort action against it.
In a rare move, three of Australia's leading employer organisations yesterday issued a joint statement criticising the move towards greater IR regulation by unions and the ALP.
Nearly a decade after the introduction of formalised enterprise bargaining, more than two out of five employees in businesses with at least five workers have their pay set by registered agreements, while just one in five employees relies solely on award pay rates, according to new survey findings.
