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The Victorian public sector union will lodge protected action ballots in 14 days unless there is a breakthrough in its negotiations with the State Government for a new raft of public sector agreements.
The Federal Government’s new paid parental leave scheme might lead to working mothers becoming more disadvantaged over time, according to a new study by the Australia Institute.
Fair Work Australia has upheld the right of Alinta Energy power plant employees to take protected industrial action that might shut down operations, in a decision that might have implications for electricity generators across Australia.
A tribunal has ordered an employer to pay a British scaffolding supervisor on a 457 visa $16,000 for unlawful discrimination over a workplace injury and failing to provide a warning of plans to make him redundant.
Fair Work Australia has reinstated a truck driver and former TWU delegate who was sacked after receiving three warnings for alleged unsafe driving and site safety breaches.
The Federal Magistrates Court has reinstated a postal worker, after finding Australia Post took adverse action against him when it terminated his employment because of his right to access workers’ compensation following a workplace injury and discriminated against him because of the physical disability arising from the injury.
FWA has allowed an employee to be represented by a solicitor in her unfair dismissal case and three nursing union members to be represented by an external lawyer in a redundancy dispute.
The NSW IRC has ordered Australian Steel Mill Services (ASMS) to reinstate a plant manager it dismissed for breaching safety procedures at Bluescope Steel's Port Kembla steelworks.
A college that sought to address the female domination of childcare industry employment by offering Australia's first male-only training course has been denied a discrimination exemption by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal.