Significant numbers of Australian workers are performing unpaid work - much of it likely to be in breach of the Fair Work Act - with young and migrant employees particularly vulnerable, the country's first major report on the subject has found.
New federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has given his department the go-ahead to canvass alternatives to the controversial offensive conduct clause in the exposure draft of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill, with secretary Roger Wilkins presenting options to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Senate Committee inquiry.
A company did not breach the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions when it performance-managed and disciplined an employee after he made a written complaint about his managers, the Federal Court has ruled.
Tribunal says Optus reseller's poor HR communication triggered complaint; Statute of limitation not fatal to discrimination claim; No "chimney saddle roster" discrimination against dad; Exemption unnecessary for male-dominated automotive employer.
A Federal Court full bench majority has found that two Commonwealth-funded employers unlawfully discriminated against intellectually disabled employees by tying wage increases to an assessment tool that had been approved by the national IR tribunal.
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.