The Victorian branch of the AMWU has began sending out bargaining notices to close to 1,000 companies and is in the process of drafting its Campaign 2003 claims into an agreement that delegates will be serving on employers.
Moving discrimination rulings from HREOC to the courts hasn't led to a more "conservative" approach to the law or the automatic awarding of costs against losing parties, according to a new review.
The AIRC has made it clear that it won't automatically insert the provisions of the casuals' parental leave test case in awards, after it today rejected an AMWU bid to update the Graphic Arts Award.
An AIRC full bench has today upheld a ruling that a casino dealer was unfairly dismissed for placing a bet at an on-site TAB, in breach of a policy he claimed he did not know about.
An Aboriginal man sacked after he sat in a loader for a whole shift because it had no ignition key has unsuccessfully claimed that his employer failed to consider his cultural beliefs before dismissing him.
A convicted sex offender has failed to get permission to apply for a job as a high school teacher, despite a NSW tribunal finding that he was not a prohibited person for the purposes of seeking child-related employment.
AIRC stays reinstatement of News Ltd schooner drinkers; SA Commission failed to provide reasons for excessive compensation, says bench; Costs order stayed despite "slim" appeal prospects; Excellent director "too busy" to properly dismiss worker; and SA IRC rejects claim 15 months out of time.
