Significant numbers of Australian workers are performing unpaid work - much of it likely to be in breach of the Fair Work Act - with young and migrant employees particularly vulnerable, the country's first major report on the subject has found.
New federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has given his department the go-ahead to canvass alternatives to the controversial offensive conduct clause in the exposure draft of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill, with secretary Roger Wilkins presenting options to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Senate Committee inquiry.
A company did not breach the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions when it performance-managed and disciplined an employee after he made a written complaint about his managers, the Federal Court has ruled.
Tribunal says Optus reseller's poor HR communication triggered complaint; Statute of limitation not fatal to discrimination claim; No "chimney saddle roster" discrimination against dad; Exemption unnecessary for male-dominated automotive employer.
A Federal Court full bench majority has found that two Commonwealth-funded employers unlawfully discriminated against intellectually disabled employees by tying wage increases to an assessment tool that had been approved by the national IR tribunal.
A tribunal has found an employer didn't breach information privacy laws when it informally obtained details about the qualifications of an employee who was seeking a promotion, but has expressed disquiet over the process used to acquire the information.
Grocery distribution company IGA didn't breach the terms of its agreement when it issued a written warning to a storeman who failed to meet the company's benchmarks under an "engineered labour standard" work system, a Fair Work Australia full bench has found today.
UK mandates two-weeks paid post-birth recovery period; ABS says mothers increasingly opting for flexible work; and APSC says agencies must "avoid being narrow" on domestic violence.
Employers are prohibiting employees from using social media sites such as Facebook during work hours and seeking to stop them from making comments on social networks about their companies after hours, a new Fair Work Australia agreement-searching tool has revealed.
