The Federal Government will release all but the confidential volume of the Cole Royal Commission's final report on Wednesday, March 26 and Thursday, March 27.
A WA IRC full bench has confirmed the Commission has the discretion in unfair dismissal cases to order compensation for employees denied redundancy payments, even where they have no contractual entitlement.
The head of resources company, Newcrest Mining Ltd, has warned that there are "problems brewing" with the fly in, fly out roster system, which is in widespread use in remote workplaces.
The Queensland MBA and the state building industry unions have given themselves a few days off before restarting negotiations over implementing the 36-hour week.
The OECD has lauded the IR reforms Australia has undertaken over the past decade, but has urged further change to reduce the role of awards, cut transaction costs for individual agreements and address pattern bargaining.
A novel entitlement to 12 days a year of menstrual stress leave for female employees at Sydney University's Students' Representative Council has been converted to non-gender-specific general stress leave, under a deal struck today with the NTEU.
The CFMEU is seeking a finding from the Federal Court that multinational resources company Comalco has unlawfully discriminated against a longstanding union activist at the Weipa bauxite mine.
The AIRC has rejected 150 CEPU agreements containing bargaining fee clauses, after ruling against a union move to retain the clauses but render them ineffective.
A prison officer has been awarded more than $75,000 in costs by the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal, on top of an earlier $50,000 compensation payout for racial discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation.
New system allows electronic lodgment of AIRC documents; HREOC refuses Catholic bid for male-only teacher scholarships; PM says paid maternity leave proposal still on the table; Appeal rejected over standard of proof; Limited improvement in disability discrimination in employment, says HREOC; Managers failing to address risky, target-driven behaviour in mines; and New job for Tasmania's Patmore.
