ASU expects 10% super contribution to flow-on across Qantas; Unions step up campaign against Iemma Government power privatisation plan; AWA statistics for December delayed, as Workplace Authority moves to quarterly reporting; and CEPU starts advertising campaign against Australia Post "new hire" provisions.
Employers cannot impose unfair conditions on union right of entry: AIRC; Tribunal full bench upholds reinstatement of EDI Rail supervisor; Low Pay Commission report due by end of February; Nurses ageing, working more hours: Census; and Offshoring not responsible for increasing wage disparity in UK: report.
Employer fails to establish genuine operational reasons for dismissal; Rio Tinto sacking disproportionate response to safety breach; Fedex justified in sacking employee over falsification of expenses claim; AIRC orders 10 weeks compensation for sacked LHMU organiser; Qantas sacking of drug-dependent flight attendant upheld; NAB executive not employed under award-derived conditions; Big W fails to overturn reinstatement; Payroll officer dismissed by employer, in possible breach of implied contractual terms; and AIRC upholds sacking by Sydney City Council.
Wage growth has slowed in enterprise agreements lodged in the September quarter of last year, after a big drop in pay rises in non-union and private sector deals.
CFMEU mining and energy division leader Tony Maher - speaking on behalf of trade unions across the globe - has told the Bali climate change conference there must be "deep cuts" in greenhouse gas emissions and that workers and their representatives need to be involved in "the biggest trade and employment treaty process ever attempted by the nations of the Earth".
A company whose employee shot another worker outside their factory has lost its appeal against a ruling that it was liable for the incident and should pay $861,197 in damages for breaching its duty of care.
A worker's dismissal for safety breaches became harsh and unjust when investigative interviews "morphed into a disciplinary process", the AIRC has found.
The Victorian Government and the HSU have agreed to conciliation in the AIRC of their bargaining dispute in which work bans by allied health professionals have delayed patient discharges and cancelled out-patient appointments.
Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard has barred the federal public sector from offering take-it-or-leave-it AWAs, but has stopped short of barring the individual contracts altogether.
A NSW Roads and Traffic Authority employee who was sacked for unauthorised computer use has been awarded $7,000 in compensation, but has lost her bid for reinstatement.
