The NSW IRC has acceded to the joinder of a high-profile group of s106 unfair contract applicants, including FAI identity Brad Cooper, in a case that could raise some novel issues.
A worker has won his appeal against a ruling that he didn't make sufficient attempts to settle an unfair dismissal claim, after a NSW IRC full bench found the Commission had made incorrect calculations that tainted the perceived "reasonableness" of his actions.
Employers should be cautious about using employee absences as a ground for dismissal or disciplinary action before investigating the causes of it, a workplace lawyer has warned.
AIRC begins 2003 Living Wage Case hearings; Abbott attacks AIRC's "clubby, cosy" approach to settling disputes; and Qantas cuts back workforce as Gulf War and Asian respiratory illness hits demand.
Against a fundamental shift in the way work is performed in Australia, two things havent changed - society's deep beliefs about what makes a good mother, and men's low contribution to unpaid work in the home, according to a leading academic.
The New Zealand Government will later this year conduct an inquiry into the balance between work and life, in response to concerns that demands for an increasingly flexible labour market are having a detrimental affect on family life and the community as a whole, according to the country191s Minister of Labour.
Queensland IRC President David Hall has again criticised the State's contractor deeming provisions, telling a conference today that lack of money was one reason why they would not achieve what was envisaged.
Federal Court full bench rejects Gribbles and Amcor transmission of business appeals; and Federal Government issues response to employee share ownership report.
As Australian IR practitioners grapple with "who's the boss" issues, the head of the National Labor Relations Board in the US has revealed that the answer to the same question there can affect the whole bargaining process - even determining whether a workplace is unionised.
The Democrats have caved in and passed the Howard Government's bill to prohibit union bargaining fees in enterprise agreements, while there have also been other important new legislative developments.
