A Federal Parliamentary Committee controlled by Coalition MPs has found scant evidence of employee rorting of workers' compensation and says the key change needed is greater national uniformity of systems.
The Federal Court has rejected arguments by the United Firefighters' Union that its certified agreements constitute common law contracts, enforceable outside the Workplace Relations Act.
Demand for IR and HR positions has increased since January this year, after big corporates pared back their specialists in internal recruitment and training, according to a new salary survey.
A redundancy selection process implemented by an aircraft components manufacturer following a September 11-related downturn has survived a challenge by two of the employees chosen to go on the basis of their scores, with the AIRC finding they received a "fair go all round".
The NSW Commission has quashed a police officer's demotion for forging his superintendent's signature, after finding the disciplinary action unfair because he was suffering from psychological problems at the time.
In a massive blow to the Odco independent contracting system, a full bench of South Australia's Workers Compensation Tribunal has today upheld a ruling that a labour hire worker under the system was an employee rather than a contractor.
