Anything that happens at work or is work-related can be a potential source of an employee grievance. But it is the inept handling of complaints that is increasingly likely to result in litigation.
Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard will put the finishing touches to Labor's new industrial laws at a meeting with union, business and industry representatives.
When a new start-up grows rapidly in a very short space of time they need all the HR assistance they can get and Minol Australia has not looked back since discovering online employment relations service Workforce Guardian.
The federal government is due to introduce its Fair Work Bill to usher in a new workplace relations system into parliament in the next few weeks after state and territory ministers were briefed on the draft on Wednesday.
The federal government is due to introduce its Fair Work Bill to usher in a new workplace relations system into parliament in the next few weeks after state and territory ministers were briefed on the draft on Wednesday.
Australia is a step closer to having a national Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) system after state and federal workplace relations ministers met on Monday, a leading business group says.
Unions have warned the national minimum wage-setting body - the Fair Pay Commission - not to leave the low paid out in the cold when it hands down its wage decision in July.