A tribunal has found an employer didn't breach information privacy laws when it informally obtained details about the qualifications of an employee who was seeking a promotion, but has expressed disquiet over the process used to acquire the information.
Grocery distribution company IGA didn't breach the terms of its agreement when it issued a written warning to a storeman who failed to meet the company's benchmarks under an "engineered labour standard" work system, a Fair Work Australia full bench has found today.
UK mandates two-weeks paid post-birth recovery period; ABS says mothers increasingly opting for flexible work; and APSC says agencies must "avoid being narrow" on domestic violence.
Employers are prohibiting employees from using social media sites such as Facebook during work hours and seeking to stop them from making comments on social networks about their companies after hours, a new Fair Work Australia agreement-searching tool has revealed.
Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten is seeking submissions by mid-February on a new consultation paper on improving the workforce participation of people with disability through options that could include a new reporting regime, while rejecting as "not compelling" evidence supporting mandatory targets and quotas.
Employers must develop and enforce social media policies or face risks such as brand damage and the unauthorised public release of confidential information, a senior workplace lawyer has warned.
Employer groups that argued last year's full Federal Court Barclay v Bendigo TAFE ruling gave union members "protected species status" have welcomed this morning's High Court decision overturning it, while Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten is taking advice on the judgment before responding to it in detail.
An unfair dismissal case brought by former casino pit manager and whistleblower Gregory Culpan has seen Sydney's The Star casino chase documents and emails from Seven Network (Operations) and the ABC, and the broadcasters seek costs in response.
Qantas and one of its managers found by the full Federal Court to have coerced and taken adverse action against an aircraft engineer who complained about being underpaid while on an overseas posting have been ordered to pay him a total of $15,400.
Employers and unions both lost and won some battles in the Fair Work Act review, released today, but how much of this will translate into legislative change remains unclear, with Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten committing to further consultation before coming to a final position.
