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Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has attacked the Opposition's "small target, Labor-lite, mogadon" approach to IR and warned that an Abbott Coalition government would go further than outlined in its recently-released IR policy.
With only a quarter of Australian workers remaining with the same employer for 10 years, the federal government should work with state governments to introduce a national portable long service leave scheme, according to a new report, released today.
Patrick has alleged before the FWC that the MUA has been taking unlawful industrial action by imposing "productivity caps" at its Port Botany container terminal to pressure the company over pay, restructuring and technology decisions, in a case set to be fully heard next week.
Newly-released university research highlights the precarious position of interns under labour law, and recommends the creation of a hybrid classification that would give them some protections while retaining their attractiveness to employers.
New appointees Deputy President Val Gostencnik and Commissioners Leigh Johns and Nick Wilson were formally welcomed to the Fair Work Commission in a ceremonial sitting headed by President, Justice Iain Ross, in Melbourne this morning, with Workplace Relations Parliamentary Secretary Jacinta Collins congratulating them on behalf of the government.
An employer has failed in its bid to knock out an employee's adverse action claim because it didn't specify the workplace right he had been exercising when sacked, with the FWC ruling it was not its role to make a binding threshold determination.
WA minimum rates up by $18.20; Visy accountant clears one jurisdictional hurdle, falls at the next two; Only private use of company car allowance counts towards high income cap: Tribunal; FWC to release draft fair hearing practice note next week, says Ross; FWC to hear evidence on retail junior rates in July; FWC seeks feedback on minimum wage determinations; and Video and slides now available for Mark Bray workplace relations lecture.
