Employers should consult with employees before implementing anti-smoking policies, the NSW IRC ruled yesterday when it reinstated a worker unfairly dismissed for possessing cigarettes at work.
Employers will have to be wary when advertising commission-only jobs, after Wizard Home Loans yesterday conceded it had engaged in misleading conduct in breach of the Trade Practices Act when it made representations to a mobile lending manager that he would earn far more than he ended up taking home.
Tasmania's Supreme Court has rejected a sex discrimination claim by a social worker who breached her employer's self-disclosure policy by insisting that she tell all clients upfront that she was a lesbian and a sex worker.
Worker shortages now prevail across the economy, putting labour productivity into reverse and driving employers to conduct more frequent salary reviews and offer more non-pay benefits, according to the Reserve Bank.
NSW Attorney General Bob Debus yesterday introduced into Parliament his much-heralded legislation to restrict monitoring of workers by computers, cameras and tracking devices.
The Federal Magistrates Court has found a female employee was sexually harassed when a male co-worker asked for a bite of her banana and pushed a toolbox between her legs.
The AIRC has today given the ABC and MEAA seven days to come to an agreed position on how to proceed with an external inquiry into alleged bullying of an executive producer.
A 16-year-old apprentice electrician who was deliberately burnt on the neck and arms by his supervisor and was repeatedly asked to perform oral sex and other sexual favours has been awarded $15,000 in damages for sexual harassment.
An IT manager summarily dismissed for failing to inform his employer about the widespread use of pirated software throughout its operations had no basis for a s106 unfair contract claim, the NSW IRC has ruled.
