A child care centre that dismissed a director on the basis of her pregnancy and family responsibilities has been ordered by the Federal Magistrates Court to pay her a $5500 penalty and almost $9000 in compensation.
A training company whose directors had "a propensity for ill-considered and emotional decision-making" on employment-related matters has been found by the Federal Magistrates Court to have unlawfully terminated the employment of its general manager while on she was on sick leave.
Almost 700 Reserve Bank employees have won annual average pay rises of 3.83% a year with the potential for more from a 2% annual bonus pool and a "career increment" pool that has been set at about 1% for the first year, under a new agreement with the FSU.
The Victorian Supreme Court has ruled that a senior employee is not required to re-pay a 12-week redundancy payout that her former employer wanted back after discovering it had no legal obligation to make it.
Two companies and their directors linked to a Perth café that failed to pay wages for months to three Chinese 457 visa workers, provided no payslips and kept no employment records have been ordered by the Federal Magistrates Court to pay almost $30,000 in penalties.
A male Goodyear Tyres executive sacked for allegedly having an affair with a female HR executive has been cleared to pursue his discrimination case against the company, after a tribunal refused a bid to strike it out.
A Fair Work Australia full bench majority has upheld a finding that a company's request that the TWU meet employees in rooms that were close to managers' offices rather than in the lunchroom was reasonable.
Virgin Australia long-haul pilots and flight attendants have overwhelmingly voted up the new three-year agreements that will shift them off “bare bones” common law contracts, while Qantas and the long-haul cabin crew union have agreed to begin negotiations for a new deal 13 months ahead of the old one expiring.
