Latest news and cases
Car component workers may be forced onto long-service leave
20 November, 2008Employees in the car components industry may be forced to take long-service leave when their factories shut down along with Holden plant in Adelaide, which will close for five weeks over the New Year. Read full article...
Employees on night shift not overtime
20 November, 2008The employer had not breached the collective agreement by refusing to pay the employees at the overtime rate so a penalty was not warranted. The employer had complied with the award as no on-going arrangement was necessary for shift work under the award. Read full article...
Fish-shop owner chips in $2000 for teenagers
20 November, 2008A fish and chip shop operator has finally agreed to pay two teenage sisters $2000 they were underpaid after intervention by the Workplace Ombudsman. Read full article...
Giving notice while on sick leave
20 November, 2008The issue of legitimate notice of resignation when a employee gives notice while on personal/carer’s leave can arise — particularly when an employer needs some time to arrange a replacement for the employee. Similarly, employers are sometimes uncertain as to their right to give notice of termination to an employee who is on personal/carer’s leave. Read full article...
Huge underpayment of trolley workers leads to NT blitz
20 November, 2008The Workplace Ombudsman is extending its protection of supermarket trolley workers to the Northern Territory after discovering underpayments of $360,000 nationwide. Read full article...
Lawyers threaten strike over legal-aid funding
20 November, 2008Criminal lawyers are threatening to boycott legal-aid work unless they are paid more, according to the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV). Read full article...
News briefs — 20/11/08
20 November, 2008Wages growth slowing; Decision to close solar plant ‘short-sighted’: ACTU; CFMEU ‘no entry’ orders show need for ABCC: Libs. Read full article...
Accrual of entitlements by 'service' or 'employment'
19 November, 2008Employers are often required to decide what absences from work by an employee during the course of employment are included in the accrual of an employee’s employment entitlements. A critical issue to consider is whether the employee’s entitlement is based on ‘service’ or ‘employment’. Read full article...