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.
In an important ruling, the NSW Court of Appeal has ruled that 13 female long-term casual state school teachers were subjected to indirect discrimination when they were denied access to a pay scale that allowed permanent employees to earn up to $10,000 more each year.
Victorian women are earning on average about 15% less than their male counterparts, still getting sacked for becoming pregnant and suffering more discrimination, according to the 2003-04 annual report of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission.
The WA IRC has found a 60-year old stock controller's forced redundancy after 23 years was in fact an unfair dismissal "tainted with ageism", and awarded him the maximum compensation available.
IBM Australia and Exxon-Mobil Australia have achieved the highest rating for workplace practices in the latest RepuTex social responsibility survey for the Australia Pacific region.
Two directors who failed to ensure their workplace was free from bullying have had the fines against them increased from $2,000 to $21,000 by the NSW IRC, in a ruling that makes it clear that employers' OHS obligations extend to preventing intimidatory and violent behaviour at work.
A senior AIRC member has found that agreements can be certified if they contain arrangements for salary sacrifice into super but not if they require payment of site rates to labour hire employees, in a new ruling on the vexed issue of matters pertaining.
