Construction companies tendering for Victorian Government work will have to drug and alcohol test their workers and use up-to-date monitoring equipment, under changes to the sector's code of practice announced by Premier Denis Napthine today.
The Fair Work Commission has received 44 bullying complaints in the first month of its new jurisdiction, but the tribunal's president says it's too early to say whether this is any guide to the future rate of applications
AWU leader Paul Howes has called for a new "grand compact" on IR in the spirit of the Accord, arguing that it is dragging the economy down for workplace laws to "see-saw" as governments changed hands.
In comments the ALP and Greens have seized on as an attack on penalty rates, the Abbott Government has told the Fair Work Commission its four-yearly review of modern awards should focus on job creation and that it expects there will be "significant changes" arising from the process.
The models and theories that underpin industrial relations have failed to evolve to recognise the “downward trajectory” of collective bargaining and IR and the rise of individual employment rights in advanced economies, a Cornell University professor will tell the opening session of the annual IR academics’ conference in Melbourne today.
The Fair Work Commission has accepted that John Holland's decision to directly employ building workers on its Queensland and NT projects has created a genuine new business, and the tribunal can therefore approve a greenfields agreement to cover the workforce.
Victoria's Office of Public Prosecutions took unlawful adverse action against a solicitor when it stood him down then dismissed him for misconduct that "arose wholly" from his anxiety and depression, a court has ruled.
The Napthine Government's legislation to give Victoria Police more powers to disperse pickets will be debated in the Legislative Assembly this week, with unions planning to march on Parliament in opposition to the laws.
The SDA and AMWU have again topped the list of union donors to the ALP, but mining and building contributions plus some hefty personal donations meant the Coalition's funding far exceeded Labor's during 2012-2013, according to the AEC.
Abigroup Contractors Pty Ltd has told the Federal Circuit Court this morning that the CFMEU, CEPU and their officials should fork out more than $6m in compensation over the nine-week shutdown of the Queensland Children's Hospital project in 2012.
