Workplaces should be able to vote for internal IR regulation free from union and FWA "interference"; IFAs should operate more like AWAs; and high-income earners should have the ability to opt out of collective bargaining, according to the AMMA.
ACCI wants the Fair Work Act changed to make it unlawful for matters relating to managerial prerogative to be included in agreements or to be the basis of protected industrial action, according to its chief executive, Peter Anderson.
Federal Government appointments to FWA and to the panel reviewing the Fair Work Act dominated Opposition questioning of DEEWR during this week's Senate Estimates hearings.
Domino’s agrees to audit stores after underpayment complaints to FWO; Victorian company first to be banned under 457 visa program; Victorian nurses dispute drags on; more than 100 days since conciliation began; Submissions due by end of February for inquiry into Bandt "right to request" bill; Comments invited on planned ATO disclosure to super funds; Clarification of report on Law Reform Commission paper; and CFMEU fails to win FWA approval for protected action ballot.
Schweppes Australia's Tullamarine bottling plant has returned to production after locked out workers returned to work yesterday, while talks are now underway before Fair Work Australia.
Qantas has announced 500 job cuts, with more to come following a 60-day review of its heavy maintenance operations that will lead to closure of at least one and possibly two of its three Australian facilities.
The House of Representatives has this morning passed the Government's construction IR bill, which abolishes the ABCC, after accepting an amendment to stop the new Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate from prosecuting building workers when the parties have settled or discontinued matters.
Fair Work Australia's HSU inquiry has found "a large number of potential contraventions" by the union's national office and 25 by the Victorian office, the tribunal told Senate Estimates today. It also said it had commissioned an independent review of its investigation, acknowledging that "on the face of it", it had taken an "unreasonably long time, raising legitimate questions".
Schweppes pre-arbitration negotiations begin Thursday; Reports of enterprise deal premature, says Holden; Innox to replace Ridout as AiG chief executive; Greens bill requires stronger "business reasons" for refusing requests from carers; and FWA calls conference to settle equal pay order.
APESMA says "go away" money case had merit and that employer breached terms of confidential settlement; FWA refuses to accept late claim, despite representative error; Workplace laws may need to include family violence provisions, says ALRC; FWO takes adverse action case against MUA.
