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Employers' record-keeping obligations under Work Choices have been delayed for six months and sick leave penalties banned in regulations announced by the Federal Government today.

The Federal Court will next week begin hearing a shop assistant's claim for damages for unlawful termination after she questioned her employer's alleged failure to pay superannuation and penalties.

The militant Workers First group that won control of the AMWU's Victorian branch in the late 1990s has disbanded and made a pact with the union's national leadership under which Victorian secretary Dave Oliver will take over the national secretary's job if incumbent Doug Cameron goes to the Senate and former Workers First officials will control the Victorian branch.

The Victorian and South Australian governments yesterday introduced new measures to shield workers from Work Choices.

The Federal Court today ordered nearly 300 maintenance workers at Toyota's Altona factory in Victoria to stop a three-day strike in breach of a s496 order issued by the AIRC.

With employers facing fines of up to $33,000 for lodging agreements containing prohibited content, they have asked the OEA since Work Choices became law to conduct preliminary reviews of more than 1,800 deals – a process unions claim is complicating agreement-making and resulting in provisions being removed unnecessarily.

Most people who are dissatisfied with their working hours soon find a happier arrangement but over-employment remains persistent for more than 8% of Australian workers, according to unpublished findings from the latest phase of the HILDA survey.

Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited will today seek individual orders from the Federal Court against more than 300 maintenance workers to force them to end a strike that started on Tuesday at its Altona manufacturing facility. However, it says the stoppage and a picket line is yet to affect production.

Employers in WA whose trading corporation status is unclear face the prospect of having dismissed employees reinstated on an interim basis, following a ruling today by the State's IRC.

A major employer has convinced the AIRC that it dismissed a payroll manager for genuine operational reasons.