AiG will argue that annual leave is a "glaring omission" from the matters that can be dealt with in a modern award individual flexibility arrangement in its push for a variation to the model IFA clause.
A consortium involving UTS Business School Dean Roy Green and former Microsoft Australia head Steve Vamos has lodged a proposal with DEEWR to run the $12m Centre for Workplace Leadership, which is due to start operations next month.
The AWU didn't have to pay out any cash to settle a $10m-plus damages claim brought by an offshore gas project contractor on an Esso job in Bass Strait, while members who brought an adverse action counter-claim received a $1.8m payout, Victorian branch secretary Cesar Melhem told the union's national conference today.
Reports prepared by Fair Work Commission general manager Bernadette O'Neill reveal that more greenfields deals are being approved by the tribunal, while most parties are happy with the conciliation processes in unfair dismissal cases.
After declaring at the AWU's last biennial conference in 2011 that the union would seek to build its aluminium industry membership from 80% to 100%, density remains unchanged, but the union is making headway, according to national secretary Paul Howes.
FWC advertising jobs following restructure; NSW PSA gives in on wages cap, but fight to continue; NSW IRC seeks new members; John Holland WA appeal adjourned until September; and Public sector jobs shrinking, along with full-time employment.
The right to request provisions that the federal government has committed to expanding in its next tranche of Fair Work amendments are being used at fairly low levels and mainly by female employees of large businesses, according to a FWC report.
Qantas and the FAAA have reached agreement on a new enterprise deal that will increase the pay of international cabin crew by up to 14% over 3.5 years, after negotiations that began a month after the dramatic 2011 lockout and grounding.
The federal government will incorporate a new duty in award and agreement model consultation clauses for employers to genuinely consult employees before changing rosters or working hours, according to Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten.
Working from home can intensify rather than mitigate work-life conflict, particularly for those who "take work home", according to researchers from the University of South Australia, who are calling for stronger regulations to address the issue.
