The ACTU will ask unions to increase their affiliation fee from $4 to $6 per member annually to raise millions of dollars in central campaign funding over the next three years.
The Federal Court has an made an interim order restraining a school from sacking or disciplining an employee, after accepting that he might have been subject to adverse action.
A "tit-for-tat" culture of poor communication and disrespect between management and the AMWU printing division has been turned around at Orora Fibre Packaging, which has increased its profitability since participating in a "collaborative transformation process" supported by the Fair Work Commission.
The Shadow Treasurer has pledged that Labor will support key Abbott Government's budget measures, including the removal of tax breaks for some FIFO workers, while he has attacked the Government's move on paid parental leave "double dipping" as "an ill-thought out, illusory saving" that will drive employers to abandon their own schemes.
Coles Supermarkets has for the first time included all non-salaried employees in its new national enterprise agreement, which will deliver 3% annual pay increases to more than 75,000 workers.
A FWC full bench has ruled invalid a major company's representational rights notice for departing from strict wording and content requirements, after giving the employer and unions the opportunity to respond to newly-published guidelines on the issue.
The Heydon Royal Commission has today asked for further submissions on the introduction of US-style anti-racketeering laws "to combat unlawful activities" in the construction industry, while noting it would constitute "a significant step requiring detailed and careful consideration".
FWC general manager Bernadette O'Neill has defended a partly-unpaid in-house program to train tribunal employees as conciliators, after the CPSU today notified a dispute over it.
The Abbott Government has urged the Fair Work Commission to take a "cautious approach" in this year's minimum wage review due to below-trend GDP growth and a slower than expected recovery in non-mining sectors, while the ACTU says the small business measures in the Budget "dramatically improve the affordability" of pay rises in the award-reliant sector.
