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Industrial Relations
UK woman claims she is so good looking it invokes sexual harassment: another warning for small businesses
Being too good looking to come to work sounds like a completely made-up excuse, but a London woman is now saying her beauty has caused discrimination in the workplace.
Businesses cannot use personal reasons to trigger redundancy, RMIT University dismissal case reveals
The Federal Court has fined Melbourne’s RMIT University $37,000 after a staff member was made redundant, with the case a warning to small businesses.
Fair Work accuses security company of underpaying four employees $90,000
Businesses have been warned to use consultancy services from specialised providers following yet another alleged underpayment case.
Fair Work Commission vice-president calls for change to commission’s approach
A vice-president of the Fair Work Commission has criticised the commission’s approach to the industrial relations system and said most Australian businesses are not “conflict-ridden basket cases”.
Gillard throws $7.8 million extra at business names register – but will it fix the problems?
A small business group is confident the additional $7.8 million allocated to the National Business Names Register will fix its problems.
Budget 2013: Fair Work receives $21.4 million for crackdown on workplace bullying
The Fair Work Commission has been given $21.4 million in the budget to crack down on workplace bullying, and the Ombudsman has been given more cash too, but $24 million will be stripped from the Fair Work Building Inspectorate agency.
What business groups want but won’t get on IR this election
Here are five key elements business groups want to see included in future industrial relations reforms.
Employers must warn workers of bad performance before termination, unfair dismissal case shows
An unfair dismissal case decided on Friday serves as a reminder small businesses need to clearly communicate a record of poor performance to any employee over a period of time, according to legal experts.
Coalition to relax IR laws for small businesses, but industry wants more
Business has given a mixed response to the Coalition's industrial relations policy released yesterday, with praise for its proposed relaxing of unfair dismissal laws but concern about no action on penalty rates.
