A NSW IRC full bench has made some important comments on the recent amendments to the s106 unfair contracts provisions that require the Commission to consider employees' efforts to mitigate their losses.
The NSW Supreme Court has allowed a man injured by a casino employee to seek damages against the worker's employer, while the State's Court of Appeal has struck out a claim against another employer for an assault by one of its cleaners.
Inflation rises to 3.4% a year; News Ltd schooner drinkers appeal starts today; and WA public sector watchdog says managers who don't act on bullying, sexism should be disciplined.
The SA IRC has awarded an agency nurse almost $5,700 in entitlements after finding that she was employed on a continuous contract rather than on a strictly casual basis.
Woodside job cuts to save $45m a year; Decision a boost for labour suppliers with good OHS; NSW IRC rejects union registration appeal; Reports released on transgender, family responsibilities and breastfeeding discrimination; and US women win compensation after harassment in employment-related medical checks.
Major labour-hire company, Adecco, has put its first non-union offer on the table in response to a 53-day strike by workers in the Victorian electrical contracting sector over the 36-hour week.
A new exhibition held by the AIRC to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the first woman joining the tribunal shows up that the Hawke-Keating Government was the biggest contributor to gender equity on the Commission bench.