Decision tomorrow on construction stopworks; PM reveals plans for maternity payment; Hallis to expand absences survey; and industrial action at Sydney University and NSW public hospitals today.
NSW Premier Bob Carr has revealed plans to introduce legislation to outlaw covert surveillance and monitoring of workers, including their use of email and the internet.
The AIRC has rejected a bid by new Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews - just hours after he was sworn in - to intervene in support of construction companies seeking urgent s127 orders against stoppages in the construction sector that are to begin tomorrow.
The AIRC embodies Australia's credo of industrial equality and justice and continues to be the guardian of the safety net for workers, despite the changes in the law and the devolution of IR to the workplace, the High Court's Justice Michael Kirby said today.
Redeployed NSW public servant wins unfair contract claim; Timetable for Cole Bill "unrealistic", says Democrats leader; and One Nation torpedoes Howard Government's IR plans in tertiary education.
Drug company Merck Sharpe & Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd sexually discriminated against a female manager when it failed to return her to a comparable job after maternity leave, the Federal Magistrates Court has ruled today.
In a landmark ruling today, South Australia's Supreme Court has ruled that interviewers employed by Roy Morgan Research Centre Pty Ltd are genuinely independent contractors.
Tasmania's Industrial Commission has reinstated 17 meatworkers who picketed in protest at their dismissal for 182 days outside the Launceston plant of their employer, which had engaged in "sham" independent contractor arrangements and put in place a contrived company structure.
BCA says survey results shows no need for regulation of work and family measures; AIRC reverses outsourcing of Brisbane registry; HREA changes name; and two NSW industrial barristers take silk.
