WA's gender pay equity inquiry has recommended employers conduct pay equity audits and that the State Government establish a pay equity unit to help close the State's 22.6% gender pay gap.
Suncorp Metway's pleas for the Senate to amend the Howard Government's Electrolux bill have turned out to be unnecessary, after the AIRC today certified its non-union enterprise agreement.
An AIRC full bench said this week that it would certify the first agreement for National Rugby League clubs and players, once several clauses are redrafted to ensure they pertain to the employment relationship and the deal is put to a new ballot.
Optical services company OPSM Pty Ltd will have to defend an indirect discrimination claim from a former employee with a rheumatology condition and endometriosis, after a tribunal found she had an arguable case.
A male employee who had his bottom and genitals grabbed by one of his employer's male directors has won $10,000 in damages, after a tribunal accepted he had been sexually harassed.
Virgin Blue's fast-growing outsourced baggage and check-in provider at some ports, Aero-Care, has struck a new non-union agreement to provide additional classifications for supervisors.
Bonuses that are not legally enforceable don't count as income for the purpose of the remuneration cap for unfair dismissal claims, an AIRC full bench has ruled.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has granted the YMCA (Carlton Parkville Youth Services) an exemption from provisions of the Equal Opportunity Act that normally require that all jobs be open to applicants of both sexes.
The use of a leadership forum for site managers and union delegates to promote good industrial relations has led to Alcoa World Alumina Australia’s Point Henry Smelter winning two of the Victorian Government's 2004 Workplace Excellence Awards.
