In a novel test case, a UK public servant is claiming in an employment tribunal that a dress code requiring him to wear a collar and tie discriminates against him on the basis of his sex.
A high-profile private prison company failed to give an employee a fair go when it sacked him over criminal offences he openly disclosed when he was hired, the AIRC has ruled.
A new family welfare plan canvassed as a possible alternative to a national paid maternity leave scheme proposes to deliver almost $25,000 cash and $4,000-a-year in subsidies for early childhood care in the first five years of a child's life.
Shorten outlines baseline for AWU deals in opening speech to union national conference; AIRC quashes Energy Developments Limited's s170LK agreement; and Qantas says flights normal despite FAAA action.
Australian employees' attitudes towards unions has continued to improve, an annual report commissioned by the NSW Labor Council has revealed, although the majority still believe employers have more power.
Unions have today launched a book critiquing the Cole Royal Commission, to coincide with Royal Commissioner Terence Cole handing his final report to the Governor-General this afternoon.
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.
