The DEWR wrongly calculated both the cap on compensation for unfair dismissals and the income threshold for making unfair dismissal claims for the past five years, WR Minister Tony Abbott has conceded.
Workers at the largest Australian-owned lift company, Liftronic, have walked off the job for three working days in a bargaining dispute over redundancy entitlements.
The HR market is picking up despite downsizing and restructures, with mid to low level HR practitioners' salaries stabilising and specialist professionals being paid a premium, a recent survey has shown.
Queensland unions have given Q-health until tomorrow to make a revised pay offer to 32,000 public health workers, threatening to stop work for 24 hours if the department does not deliver.
The IRC has confirmed that it has broad powers to make orders for consultation with a union when an employer is planning to make 15 or more employees redundant. The powers extend to halting dismissals until consultation occurs.
More than 5,000 ASU members plan to walk off the job for 24 hours next Monday after negotiations with Qantas over better wages and conditions stalled for a second time.
A blockade of the AMWU's Melbourne CBD headquarters by a Victorian splinter group is preventing access to the building for the union's employees and officials.
The Federal Court has ruled against a public servant who claimed he was discriminated against on the ground of age when his request to work past his 65th birthday was denied.
