A female employee's longstanding susceptibility to panic attacks was no reason to reduce her $41,000 damages payout, a tribunal has ruled, after finding her male boss continuously pressed her to have sex with him.
A North Queensland ferry skipper has won his job back and lost pay, after the Queensland IRC accepted that he’d been sacked because of his role as a union delegate, member and trade union activity.
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission today released a seven-point checklist to help employers draft anti-discrimination policies, as part of a new toolkit for employers.
A survey of the impact of the UK's working time regulations has revealed that British workers have "uniformly limited" knowledge of the laws, and breaches are occurring on a fairly widespread basis.
A South Pacific Tyres site in Melbourne will next week implement a policy banning employees from carrying or using their mobile phones at work except during breaks, in a move likely to be followed by other employers, particularly in blue-collar areas.
The High Court's interpretation of "matters pertaining" will curtail the benefits flowing from IR deregulation, and it is now up to Parliament to decide whether to remove the post-Electrolux restrictions on the content of agreements by amending the Government’s Electrolux legislation, according to a new Parliamentary Library report.
Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Tribunal has dismissed a claim by two Powerlink Queensland employees that a superannuation offer discriminated against them on the basis of their age.
A low-paid security guard who was engaged as an independent contractor has used the NSW IRC's s106 unfair contracts jurisdiction - often derided as a playground for high flyers - to win more than $90,000, plus costs, to compensate her for being denied award rates of pay.
WA's gender pay equity inquiry has recommended employers conduct pay equity audits and that the State Government establish a pay equity unit to help close the State's 22.6% gender pay gap.
