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Vacancy at Tasmanian IRC after Watling gets new job

The Tasmanian Government is preparing to appoint a new member to the State Industrial Commission, after it made the long-serving Bob Watling the new State Services Commissioner.

Tribunal to hear post-maternity discrimination claim

A female employee whose employer refused her request to work four days rather than five upon returning to work after maternity leave has been allowed to proceed with her discrimination claim.



Centrelink employee loses pornography case

The AIRC has upheld the dismissal of a Centrelink employee caught last year using the organisation's email system to send pornographic images to other employees and external recipients.

Dismissal appeal "devoid of any merit"

A solicitor who put untenable arguments to the AIRC in an unfair dismissal appeal might have committed professional misconduct, a full bench has found.

News in brief, January 16, 2004

Keycorp appeals $1.9m payout ruling; ASU wins safety net increases for NT clerks; NSW teachers win 5.5% interim pay increase; Drug and alcohol tests rolled out in NT, NSW next; NSW to extend testing provisions to all transport workers; Victorian Trades Hall Council pays tribute to John Halfpenny; and CFMEU members raise $20,000 for Iranian earthquake appeal.

Negotiations to begin on SA's draft IR bill

South Australia's Rann Labor Government has dropped some of the more controversial recommendations of the Stevens Review in its new draft IR bill, but the legislation still contains a swathe of changes that will significantly strengthen the State's safety net.

Sacked manager wins $800,000-plus

A plant manager who was dismissed for poor performance has won an unfair contracts claim, with the NSW IRC awarding him $679,456 plus $US111,848 in options.

IRC recommends new drug policy trial at BHP

A full bench of the NSW IRC has recommended trialling for a year a new drug and alcohol policy at BHP's Port Kembla steelworks following another attempt by the AWU to change the company's existing position, which it maintains is "draconian".