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Both employers and unions are claiming victory in today's WA redundancy test case decision, after the State IRC doubled the maximum severance payout to 16 weeks and ordered that it apply to all WA award and non-award employees, but refused to extend severance entitlements to small business employees.

The AIRC has decided today to commission an external investigation into an ABC executive producer's allegations of bullying.

Australia's federal unfair dismissal laws might be 11 years old, but their constitutionality could become an issue if the ALP states decide to square up to the Federal Government on IR, according to a Sydney barrister.

Queensland's Industrial Court has dismissed an appeal by Newmont Pajingo against the largest ever unfair contract payout ordered by the State IRC.

A teacher's verbal abuse of a colleague, and her lack of remorse, were enough to justify her dismissal, the NSW IRC has found.

About 80,000 Coles Supermarkets and Bi-Lo employees have won a 10.45% pay rise over three years and up to two years unpaid parental leave under a new enterprise agreement up for certification today, while Coles Myers' liquor group employees have won an 11.8% pay rise over three years under a separate deal.

A rental property sales representative who bought half the business was not working as an employee, the WA IRC has found.

The NSW IRC, in two separate rulings, has found two unfairly dismissed employees were victimised by their employers.

A worker who assaulted a co-worker, crashed his car in an unauthorised area and lied in his pre-employment medical had "milked" his employer's tolerance and compassion for his role as a primary carer, the NSW IRC has found in throwing out his unfair dismissal claim.

Labour force participation will decline from 63.5% now to 56.3% by 2045 based on current projections, mainly due to population ageing, but it can be partly offset by increasing participation and productivity, according to the Productivity Commission.