The Federal Court has raised some important questions over whether employees have a "workplace right" to talk to the media about conditions in their workplaces.
Senior Victorian Government Minister Robert Clark has told the HR Nicholls Society that he has drawn on all three of his portfolios to combat bad behaviour in the building industry and has flagged changes to strengthen the guidelines for contractors seeking state government work.
A pest control company that sacked a bookings officer for initially refusing to disclose whether her partner had gone to work for a rival business was entitled to seek such information, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A company's requirement for an employee to work additional unpaid hours and make himself available on-call was neither lawful nor reasonable, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in upholding his unfair dismissal claim.
A senior member of the Fair Work Commission has told employers they need strong workplace conduct policies and grievance procedures and should select line managers with good interpersonal skills, to help them prevent bullying claims.
A long-time power station employee who claimed to have been "oddly unsuccessful" in six promotion applications has failed to convince a tribunal that he was discriminated against because of his union or industrial activity.
A motor mechanic who misled his employer about his trade qualifications in a job interview had destroyed the trust and confidence in the employment relationship, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The number of 457 primary visas granted in 2013-2014 was down almost a quarter on the previous year's total, while visa applications dropped by 40%, according to the latest Department of Immigration statistics.
A production manager who "perpetrated a fraud on his employer of a most egregious kind" is facing a compensation bill of more than $1m, including a rare award of exemplary damages, following a court ruling.
