With Employment Minister Eric Abetz signalling he intends to cold-call, rather than advertise, to fill Fair Work Commission vacancies, the AMMA is today arguing it is people with employer backgrounds whose numbers he should be dialling.
A Sydney law firm has told the Productivity Commission the Fair Work Act should be amended to make restraint of trade clauses in employment contracts void, arguing that they are used by employers as a "blunt instrument" to stifle competition.
Senior FWC members will head up enterprise bargaining and dispute resolution workshops in a pilot to kick off in Sydney next month, as part of the tribunal's broader strategy to encourage more productive workplaces.
The Abbott Government will ease the gender reporting requirements on employers, in a move that it claims will cut compliance costs by more than a third.
Employment Minister Eric Abetz's own department looks next in line to take industrial action in the deadlocked public sector bargaining round - and it will include disrupting the information flow to his office.
Employment Minister Eric Abetz offered Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd the job without advertising it first and has signalled he will adopt the same process for Fair Work Commission appointments.
Private sector rates of pay excluding bonuses are increasing at the lowest annual rate since the ABS began its Wage Price Index in 1998, according to data released today.
The ETU has accused the NSW Government of "inappropriate political intervention" by seeking to stop protected action by electricity workers on the grounds that it would endanger the public.
