The NSW Court of Appeal has overturned a $288,000 retrenchment payout to a former executive, finding that his position had not been made redundant because his employer transferred enough of his duties to a new manager.
The gap between wage rises in federal collective deals and pay increases recorded in the Wage Price Index grew again in the September quarter of last year, with bargaining delivering annual average increases of 3.5%.
The Fair Work Commission has approved a three-year staff agreement for rail freight operator Aurizon that union concerns with the employee voting process had delayed.
The Federal Court has rejected an attempt by the CEPU's communication division head to recoup $208,859 in superannuation fund board fees paid to a factional rival
The Productivity Commission, in issues papers released today for its inquiry into the IR system, asks for submissions on whether IR and competition laws should remain separate and whether employers should have options for protected action short of locking out their employees.
The Productivity Commission has launched its long-awaited inquiry into Australia's IR system by querying whether unions have "lost their pre-eminent role" as employee representatives.
In a move that the government has dismissed as a political stunt, the ACTU has told Employment Minister Eric Abetz he should suspend his IR legislative agenda for at least a year to enable the Heydon trade union inquiry and the Productivity Commission Fair Work Act review to run their course.
NSW power unions are pushing for a job security clause to cover thousands of workers at the state's two biggest "poles and wires" network businesses, which have been earmarked for privatisation if the Coalition is returned in March.
The Fair Work Commission has identified inconsistencies between modern award provisions and the NES in the course of its 4-year review and will publish draft amended award clauses for comment before the end of the month.
Two mineworkers sacked for breaching "lifesaving" rules at a mine owned and operated by BHP Coal have been reinstated after the Fair Work Commission found their dismissals disproportionate and inconsistent.
