Court rebuffs Woodside bid to disclose identity of email senders; PC to model Bracks options for post-2010 car industry assistance; and ACTU seeks to boost super contributions at 2020 Summit.
Qantas wins orders to halt action by store workers; Ex-Ansett employees likely to get 94% of entitlements: KordaMentha;Hearings begin next month for parental leave inquiry; Burrow and Ridout to be members of Skills Australia; and PM's proposed Parent and Child Centres would incorporate child care.
Employers can make false statements about workplace agreements provided they don't influence employees' votes, according to a full bench of the Federal Court.
Telstra unions to test AWA shift in new deal; Employer/union group lobbies for more skills investment; NZ outstripping Australia on key wages benchmark; CFMEU mining division forms new climate change alliance; Employers turning young workers off when they block MySpace, Facebook: Survey; and Consolidated version of Workplace Relations Act available on Austlii - incorporates Labor amendments.
Employees in New Zealand will have a statutory entitlement to unpaid meal breaks, paid rest breaks, breastfeeding facilities and unpaid breastfeeding breaks under legislation introduced this month.
Failure to lodge AWAs costs employer $5,500; Union drops case against employer's refusal to deduct dues; Building company ordered to pay sacked apprentice $5,000 in super and redundancy; and Re-employment for worker sacked after three heavy vehicle crashes.
AIRC sets up award modernisation website, releases list of awards; Deegan to review integrity of 457 visa system; and New head of state a former sex discrimination commissioner.
The Federal Court has ordered Central Queensland University to pay the NTEU $6,600 for failing to properly consult it about staff cuts last year in breach of their collective agreement. An extra $400 in fines is to be paid to the Commonwealth.
An AIRC full bench has upheld a decision to compensate rather than reinstate a belligerent and obstructive employee, despite accepting that it would have been justified to dismiss her on the grounds of misconduct.
