An employer has failed to win costs for an unfair termination case despite a former employee pleading guilty to three charges over conduct for which she was sacked, while in other recent dismissal cases tribunals have refused to accept a resignation letter written by an employer and an employer's dismissal of a sick employee.
More than 1,800 Harris Scarfe employees across three states will receive a pay increase of almost 11% over two years, under an enterprise deal the shop union claims "brings home the bacon" after wage restraint helped the retailer trade out of voluntary administration three years ago.
Fairfax's The Age newspaper discriminated against a female editor when it failed to provide her with the company car it had offered to the previous male editor, a tribunal has ruled.
In a ruling sure to send shudders through the labour supply industry, the Queensland IRC has found a labour hire company liable for freedom of association breaches procured by a host employer.
The LHMU and employers will begin talks before the AIRC next week to finalise substantial pay rises for child care workers in Victoria and the ACT, following last week’s full bench ruling on work value and pay relativities in the industry.
In a vital post-Electrolux ruling, the Federal Court has found the AMWU and two officials coerced a coal mining company when it took unprotected industrial action in October in pursuit of matters that didn't pertain to the employment relationship.
An employer who hired a topless waitress for a work Christmas party was not guilty of sexual harassment or discrimination against its female secretary who was working nearby, the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal has found.
Queensland businesses employing fewer than 15 employees will continue to be exempted from severance pay obligations, after a State IRC full bench rejected unions' bid to introduce a level playing field.
A cafe has been ordered to pay $2,500 in damages for discriminating against a 46-year-old chef who responded to a job advertisement that sought an employee to join a "young team".
