Workforce participation could be improved as the labour market tightens by reducing the cost to workers of meeting their caring responsibilities, but the Howard Government’s promised childcare debate won’t go far enough, according to a new report.
NSW’s Rail Infrastructure Corporation indirectly racially discriminated against a labour hire employee of Sri Lankan heritage because of his poor written English, a tribunal has found, while the VCAT has refused a media request to produce documents relating to a workplace discrimination claim lodged by the woman who is struggling for her life after being found in a car boot last week.
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation has been ordered to reinstate a female employee and reimburse her lost maternity pay and wages after she was found to have been unfairly selected for redundancy.
Shortages of skilled workers haven't yet driven up wages, with ABS and DEWR data released today showing little change in recent private sector pay trends.
AIRC rules on private versus workplace workplace harassment; Fishing Party fends off unfair dismissal claim; and harsh to dismiss sick worker via phone.
Skills shortages, labour force participation rates and labour productivity must be addressed to remedy emerging constraints on economic growth, according to Reserve Bank Governor Ian Macfarlane.
Transport company Nolans Interstate Transport has signed most of its workforce up to AWAs that provide a single rate of pay that rolls in almost all loadings and penalties.
A new agreement for the troubled Newcastle University contains more stringent requirements for consultation with unions over major change, while it also delivers 26 weeks paid parental leave for the primary caregiver and four weeks paid parental leave for partners.
New owner free to put old employees on probation; Unauthorised toilet breaks justify dismissal; Childcare worker's union rep should have stepped-in: Tribunal; and AIRC turns to the dictionary to define “unfair dismissal”.
The NSW IRC has found an employer's misleading conduct made an executive's contract unfair under the State's s106 unfair contract provisions, in the first full bench ruling on unfair conduct since the NSW Court of Appeal's crucial Sydney Water judgment.
