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Hefty Compensation Award for an "Act of Political Retribution": Update March 2011

In 2005 David Carey started work as the General Manager of Community and Corporate Services at the Douglas Shire Council. At a Council meeting in 2008 a motion terminating Mr Carey’s contract of employment was passed. No reasons were given for the termination in the letter the Council CEO sent to Mr Carey notifying him of this decision. 

Mr Carey subsequently made a complaint …

Local Government Modern Award 2010: E-Alert October 2009

On 25 September 2009, the Full Bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission released a Statement (Statement) and an exposure draft of the Local Government Modern Award 2010 (Modern Award).

We thought it timely to draw your attention to the following comments made by the Full Bench in the Statement:  

• A "typical" …