Federal Court upholds penalty ruling against Brisbane Council; Barrier Industrial Council celebrates 80th anniversary; and Clarifications on restraint ruling and British American Tobacco articles.
In a crucial ruling on what reinstatement means, a Federal Court full bench majority has upheld an abattoir's right to put a dismissed worker back on the payroll without actually giving him a job.
A group of stood-down Victorian workers were among those yesterday denied economic loss claims against Esso that were launched in a class action after the Longford plant explosions in 1998.
British American Tobacco and the AWU have had a novel agreement certified this week that treats salaried and wages employees equally and provides pooled sick leave and six months paid maternity leave, but no specified pay rise.
New anti-bullying guidance in Victoria; Airport security guards win pay increase; AIRC changes rules to deal with pattern bargaining; World Bank report outlines benefits of unions, collective bargaining; and Hulls and McClelland call for change on work and family.
Senate hearings into the Government's ambitious bid to extend the reach of federal unfair dismissal laws begin on Monday, with the AiG to argue that the proposed legislation should go even further and cover unfair contracts too.
The flight attendants' union, which will disrupt Qantas191s international operations with a 14-hour stoppage next Tuesday, says today's strong profit results show the airline has the capacity to meet the union's pay claim.
The NSW IRC has restrained a health organisation from removing a senior professor from his managerial duties until the release of an independent report into claims that he engaged in scientific misconduct.
