Former CEO suing for under-insurance and unpaid bonuses "potentially worth millions"; Windhoist's lawyer rejects union's claim deal will create a two-tier labour market claims; Be realistic about skills shortages, says recruiter; and Commissioner Gooley to chair aged care strategic workforce advisory group.
Federal Court full court upholds mandatory drug test regime; FWA orders halt licensed engineers' industrial action; NSW inquiry recommends axing journey cover; Make public services contestable to unlock productivity gains, says Sturgess; and Chubb fails to halt alleged "covert" industrial campaign.
DEEWR has launched the dedicated resource sector "jobs board" that the federal government promised after the announcement of the first enterprise migration agreement for Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill project.
Fast-growing construction and contract mining company Macmahon has in the past year developed an in-house labour supply strategy it says has provided 40% of its new employees at half the cost of previous arrangements.
The FWO has received 2,878 discrimination complaints since it began operating in July 2009, but has commenced litigation over only four, leading to three enforceable undertakings, the agency told recent Senate Estimates hearings.
The jobs board that will enable Australian jobseekers to express their interest in positions at resources mega-projects ahead of foreign workers brought in under Enterprise Migration Agreements will be operating within days, DEEWR has told an Estimates hearing in the wake of Canberra granting the first EMA last week.
A House of Representatives committee that is to conduct a review of workplace bullying will consider matters such as the role of workplace culture and the ability of policies to curb it.
Two former senior employees of a prominent Adelaide financial planning and stockbroking firm who set up their own company after being dismissed - taking many of their former clients with them - are now subject to a 12-month court-ordered restraint under a settlement reached this week.
The Federal Court has fined a labour hire company that admitted after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation that it refused to hire a married couple because they were not members of the MUA.
A former Flight Centre assistant store manager has today lodged an adverse action claim that alleges he was victimised by his manager after complaining about bullying of a colleague by a store manager and that the company, including its HR manager, failed to take action to halt the conduct.
