Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd has extended temporary employment arrangements in the APS to a maximum of three years, while the Public Service Act continues to presume that workers are engaged on a permanent basis.
Unions representing police, nurses and ambulance officers have expressed strong reservations over the Turnbull Government's legislation to defend the role of volunteers in Victoria's Country Fire Authority, while Professor Andrew Stewart says parties might be able to readily sidestep the legislative restrictions via side deeds.
The FWC has thrown out a teacher's anti-bullying application after he withdrew his acceptance of settlement terms that included relocation to a new workplace and anger management support and sought to re-activate his case.
Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd has responded to reports that APS agencies "mismanaged" the bargaining process in the wake of the FWC's recent Uniline decision on bargaining notices.
Former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick says a culture of sexual harassment in the Australian Federal Police is so "pervasive" that almost one in two females and 20% of males have experienced it in the past five years.
The Victorian Supreme Court today granted an injunction blocking the State's Country Fire Authority from pushing ahead with its new enterprise agreement.
Victoria's volunteer firefighters will tomorrow revive their bid to block the Country Fire Authority from seeking approval for its new enterprise agreement.
Maurice Blackburn facing industrial action; Costs win for employer against unreasonable applicant; Awards' plain language overhaul continues; CPSU defends ABS staff against Government's census attack.
Teacher strike off as QTU offer matches Catholic counterparts; New edition of Creighton & Stewart's "Labour Law" on sale; ACTU marks 50th anniversary of seminal rights dispute.
The CPSU is looking to break the impasse over public sector bargaining with a new round of industrial action, led by a 24-hour strike next Thursday (August 12) at international airports.
