Coles turned "blind eye" to underpayment of trolley collectors, says FWO; Retailer deliberately underpaid worker she said wasn't worth more; Gold Coast pizza parlour allegedly underpaid workers $20,000; and Construction company pursued for paying apprentice rates to unregistered apprentice.
AMWU national secretary Dave Oliver has, as expected, announced that he will nominate to replace Jeff Lawrence as ACTU secretary at the peak body's Congress in May.
The NSW Government has introduced bills that increase by eleven-fold penalties for unions that breach orders barring industrial action and provide for state-registered unions to compete for coverage of workers.
Nurses and Victorian hospitals agree to nine-day timetable to resolve dispute; IR change to be key plank of Coalition economic renewal program, but no details yet; New consistency needed in public holidays and termination payouts, says VECCI.
After five years at the helm of the ACTU, secretary Jeff Lawrence confirmed today that he won't seek re-election when his term expires in May, with AMWU national secretary Dave Oliver emerging as the early frontrunner to replace him.
National accounts figures released today show that productivity grew strongly in the 2011 calendar year, with real unit labour costs falling and value added for each hour worked rising.
The AiG's reply submission to the review of the Fair Work Act says there is no need to require employers to give notice of lockouts; the FWO says the Toyota Material Handling case will have only a limited effect; and a Federal Court full bench has today reserved its decision on the AIPA's challenge to FWA's termination of industrial action at Qantas.
The ACTU has called on the panel reviewing the Fair Work Act to discard submissions from peak employer bodies, on the basis that they have failed to address the terms of reference and are seeking to reinstate features of Work Choices. Meanwhile, BHP Billiton has urged the panel to throw out union proposals to specifically allow entry to lunchrooms and to recognise the legitimacy of pattern bargaining.
