A grassroots team has swept the leadership of the renewed HSU Victorian No. 3 branch, while a team led by Gerard Hayes, formerly part of disgraced secretary Michael Williamson's leadership team, is leading the race to head up the union's reconstituted NSW branch.
FWA members almost meeting President's timeliness benchmarks; Batt wins CPSU-SPSF federal secretary role; and Information uncovered post-dismissal lacked necessary connection with employment.
The Senate this afternoon passed the federal government's bills to protect employee entitlements in insolvencies and to preserve employment conditions for state public sector workers transferring to the private sector.
Greens IR spokesperson Adam Bandt has today introduced a private member's bill into Federal Parliament to give Fair Work Australia the power to make "secure employment orders" if employers refuse workers' requests to convert from casual or rolling contract work.
CPSU Victoria secretary Karen Batt appears to be leading in the contest for the national leadership of the CPSU-SPSF against long-serving incumbent David Carey.
The ETU’s Victorian branch is planning a High Court challenge to last week's full Federal Court ruling that restored full participation rights to the union's NSW members who pay their dues to the state-registered branch only.
Large non-government employers will be required in May 2014 to lodge reports on the gender make-up and pay equity of their workforces, after the passage through the Senate last night of the Government's workplace gender equality legislation.
Vale Joe Riordan; My Super Bill passes Senate; Shorten says industry super directors will not be swayed by unions; and Victorian teachers no closer to wage deal.
Fair Work Australia is considering launching civil penalty proceedings against the HSU national branch over the failure of the now defunct East branch to meet its financial reporting obligations under the Registered Organisations Act.
The High Court's Barclay ruling does not mean that employers can simply rely on direct evidence about their reasoning in making a decision, a leading IR lawyer has warned.
