Queensland Health asked the nurses union to approve a memo falsely stating workers cannot be represented by a rival employee association. Details of the memo's creation, and subsequent conflict of interest, were revealed during the case of nurse Margaret Gilbert…
A nurse is applying for an injunction to stop Queensland Health sacking her for speaking to the media as a union delegate. The state's Industrial Relations Commission is considering the injunction which would halt a "show-cause" process. The nurse claims…
A nurse is suing Townsville Hospital claiming she was a victim of bullying by senior management. Industrial Relations Claims has lodged three separate actions in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission on behalf of Kirsten McAllister against the hospital. The case…
Woolworths has lost its bid to make thousands of staff work on Christmas Day in its New South Wales stores. The supermarket giant wanted up to 5000 staff to work between midnight and 5am on Christmas Day to re-stock shelves.…
Industrial Relations Claims has welcomed the release today of a report into wage theft in Queensland, which has made 17 recommendations, including making wage theft a criminal offence. The report, by the Queensland government's Education, Employment and Small Business Committee,…
A deputy school principal who had secret affair with a teacher has lost his unfair dismissal. The Education Department sacked the man when it discovered he promoted the woman without declaring his conflict of interest. The New South Wales Industrial…
The Transport Workers Union will ask the New South Wales state Labor party to introduce increased protections for food delivery riders and other online platform workers. The motion will be put forward at this weekend’s party conference in Sydney, and…
The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission has awarded an employee the maximum 26 weeks compensation, totalling more than $77,000, after it found her dismissal was particularly harsh and unfair. The Commission was scathing of the manager responsible for the dismissal,…
Truck driver underpayments are rife in the transport industry, according to industrial relations experts. Miles Heffernan from IR Claims says his firm is representing a number of truckies ripped off by their bosses. “The transport industry is one of those…
