A five-member FWA full bench led by the President, Justice Iain Ross, has found that "opt out" provisions are not permitted in enterprise agreements, in a ruling hot on the heels of the Fair Work Act review panel's recommendation to prohibit the clauses.
Grocon contempt case against CFMEU to resume today; RSR Tribunal seeks submissions on work program; Strike to close Victorian state schools; and Correction to HSU article on maximum penalties.
The Federal Court has granted Bluescope Steel an interlocutory injunction to stop blast furnace workers dumping steel at its Port Kembla site, after it accepted the action "may involve a reckless destruction of property".
The HSU won't contest civil penalty charges laid against its former Victorian No. 1 branch by FWA general manager Bernadette O'Neill, while the administrator of the former East branch has substantially reduced the salaries to be paid to officials.
The CFMEU is now facing a three-pronged attack in its war with Grocon, with FWBC inspectors giving evidence in the Supreme Court this morning, and the Victorian Government to resume its bid to join the contempt proceedings this afternoon.
A rare bid by the Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark to be joined as a co-plaintiff to Grocon's Supreme Court contempt proceedings against the CFMEU over the Emporium site has been adjourned to this afternoon.
A WA mineworker who lost access to an employer-owned house he had been paying off after he was sacked over a serious safety breach has failed in a WA Supreme Court action to gain ownership of the home.
The ACTU says Grocon's actions in the current bitter dispute over the election of safety representatives reflect a "worrying trend of provocation", while company chief executive Daniel Grollo says it was "impossible to accept" the 14-day cooling-off period recommended by FWA and supported by Workplace Relations Minister, Bill Shorten.
The Opposition will support government legislation to implement the "overwhelming majority" of the Fair Work Act review panel's recommendations, Shadow Workplace Relations Minister Senator Eric Abetz said today.
Managerial duties were not an "add-on"; Late protected action ballot change okay because intention had been clear; and Default fund omissions from modern awards should be corrected.
