The Commonwealth Government has made it clear that it does not intend to cap at $2 billion its funding of wage rises that flow from the equal pay case for the social and community services sector.
The Australian Nursing Federation is seeking a low paid authorisation to enable it to pursue a multi-employer agreement for nurses employed in private sector general practice clinics and medical centres.
FWA to arbitrate Qantas long-haul pilots' deal in June; Vale Mark Ryan; and Amend NES to give seniors the right to flexible working arrangements, says panel.
New workplace relations minister Bill Shorten has moved quickly to indicate he will seek to occupy the middle ground on IR, after his appointment as workplace relations minister this afternoon.
Guard loses claim that recruitment officer "tricked" him; Reserving positions for Indigenous applicants not discriminatory; Tribunal rejects woman on woman sexual discrimination claim; and Bullying allegations "inherently improbable".
PC calls for IR reviews to consider retail; FWA reinstates worker who repeatedly failed alcohol test; Childcare operator ordered to pay $6000 penalty for redundancy pay failure; and Benefits restored to 29 excess public servants but with sunset provision.
The AWU has secured a greenfields deal with the successful bidder for a major tranche of the $5.3 billion Victorian regional rail link project, and now the CFMEU is seeking to do the same for a different stage.
Unions advocated the introduction of enterprise bargaining two decades ago, but most were ill-equipped to deal with the move from an arbitration system to one that made heavy demands on resources and required strong workplace-level bargaining capacity, according to Griffith University's Professor David Peetz.
Many employers and employer associations saw the introduction of enterprise bargaining as a way to "clean up the horrors" of the previous two decades, but 20 years later many are now shifting back to awards as a simpler way to deal with workplace relations, according to academic Louise Thornthwaite.
