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In the first completed prosecution of its kind by the OWS, a Canberra restaurant has today been fined $64,000 and ordered to pay $3,800 plus interest in underpaid wages to two chefs it employed from the Philippines under subclass 457 temporary work visas.

Employees who take workers' compensation leave are absent due to injury under the Workplace Relations Regulations and are protected from unlawful dismissal, the Federal Magistrates Court has ruled.

An AIRC full bench has quashed orders for the Australian Electoral Commission to disclose information to unions to help compile voting rolls for a secret ballot for industrial action at the ABC last year.

The federal ALP has pledged to beef-up independent contractor laws to prevent sham arrangements and provide ready access to remedies for unfair contracts, while it has also indicated that it will expand minimum conditions beyond the five under Work Choices.

In the first full bench ruling on the application of the "genuine operational reasons" exemption for unfair dismissal claims, Village Cinemas has won an AIRC appeal to throw out a claim by a long-serving former manager it made redundant last year.

The AIRC's reversal of two decisions by the Victorian Building Industry Disputes Panel on the definition of construction "projects" has reduced the site allowances sought by the CFMEU at two Melbourne developments.

This will be the last Workplace Express news update for 2006, until we resume publishing on January 16, 2007.

OWS pilot youth program to target SA employers in January; Employers focusing on attracting staff: survey; Australia ratifies treaty against worst abuse of children; Misleading reference justifies sacking, says tribunal; Women-only online job website wins discrimination exemption; World Bank commits to ILO core labour standards, say unions; and Migrant workers on 457 visas used as strike-breakers: ALP.

A senior AIRC full bench has accepted an unfair dismissal application lodged 39 days late, after the employee, who was dismissed for abandoning her employment, argued she had informed her employer she was ill, in Africa and temporarily unable to return.

Nearly 2,000 skilled vacancies in Victoria, survey finds; Three building companies banned from Government work, fourth warned; and BDW summary of changes.