In the first test of WA's new right of entry provisions, the State IRC has found BHP Billiton could not insist that union officials' entry be conditional on them submitting to random drug and alcohol tests.
NSW Supreme Court judge Dyson Heydon is to replace retiring High Court Justice Mary Gaudron, the court's only woman and one of only three of the seven judges on the bench with an IR track record.
A medical centre has been fined more than $5,000 for failing to adhere to staffing levels in a computer generated nursing care plan, despite the Federal Court finding no patients or nursing staff were disadvantaged by the breach.
In an important transmission of business ruling, an AIRC full bench has quashed a finding that a business transmitted when a school brought its maintenance functions back in-house.
Thousands of Victorian employers could face backpay claims, after an AIRC full bench today didn't rule on a finding that thousands of "subscriber members" of the employer body were in fact full members and respondent to federal awards via their membership.
Victorian construction union leader Martin Kingham says Grocon has brought forward its Christmas closedown to tomorrow to prevent the union having access to members ahead of Wednesday's ballot on the company's s170LK agreement.
Industry and financial analysts are failing to grasp the impact of IR and HR management on companies' performance, the Institute of Public Affairs said today as WR Minister Tony Abbott launched its new "capacity to manage" index.
The LHMU seeks 10% a year at Crown Casino; Union urges Burswood workers to abandon AWA for award; Workers vote down new agreement at Treasury; and AIRC reinstates Jupiters dealer dismissed for gambling.
