A NSW tribunal has found an employer victimised a female employee when it investigated her complaints of sexual harassment and discrimination by reading them out to a large meeting of employees.
The Federal Court has issued an interlocutory injunction to stop senior CFMEU construction division official John Cummins from allegedly coercing a subcontractor to make an agreement with the union.
Tertiary education unions will hold a national 24-hour stoppage on Thursday, October 16, to protest against the Howard Government's plans to link university funding to IR change.
More than 1,300 workers at the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources (DITR) have today won pay rises of up to 14.9% over three years in one of the only remaining non-union public sector agreements.
The AMWU and AWU have struck an agreement that will apply to the former Ansett engine maintenance facility in Melbourne, which is in the process of being purchased by a Qantas/Patrick joint venture.
AIRC reinstates worker despite incapacity to do job; Mining agreement negates right of entry provisions under award, says Commission; Queensland IRC finds dismissal of park ranger unfair despite firearm offences; and Genetic testing in workplace could lead to discrimination, says UK Trades Union Council.
Prime Minister John Howard has today promoted Minister for Ageing, Kevin Andrews, to the Workplace Relations portfolio and moved the incumbent, Tony Abbott, to Health.
Queensland employers with employees who are breastfeeding should consider providing special facilities, or face the prospect of a discrimination claim, following changes to anti-discrimination laws that took effect six months ago, according to the State's Anti-Discrimination Commissioner.
The CFMEU (construction & general division) in Victoria has notified Grocon that bans and limitations will begin on the MCG redevelopment project on Tuesday, just after the weekend AFL football final.
The Howard Government's IR agenda has shifted during its third term, with an acceptance of third party intervention, re-regulation replacing deregulation, a move away from states' rights and an intensified, Thatcher-style, attack on union power, according to a leading labour lawyer.
