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Heinemann got strike pay law wrong; Work Choices escalated dispute, says Victorian Advocate

Heinemann Electric Pty Ltd incorrectly interpreted the Work Choices prohibitions on strike payments when it refused to pay workers who engaged in protected bans on overtime, while the "counterproductive" laws were partly responsible for escalating the bargaining dispute into a 48-day strike, Victorian Workplace Rights Advocate Tony Lawrence has found.

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