The CFMEU has called for the federal government to require mining companies proposing non-residential workforces to establish that they have no alternative, while it is also seeking a legislated right for unions to enter company-owned residential areas, in its submission to a parliamentary inquiry.
CPSU national secretary Nadine Flood is the only member of the union's seven-person executive who is facing a challenge in a ballot for new three-year terms.
Qantas didn't inform the Federal Government that a lockout was one of the options it was considering because "everybody" knew that was available to it under the Fair Work Act, chief executive Alan Joyce told a parliamentary inquiry this morning.
In its first full year of operation, Fair Work Australia received fewer applications overall than the previous year, but dismissal-related applications increased by 15%, according to the organisation’s annual report.
As Qantas parties prepare for talks, practitioners say the airline has recent history on its side in gambling, as it did when it grounded its fleet and notified a lockout on Saturday, that it will do better in arbitration than in bargaining.
The Government's bill to abolish the ABCC and replace it with the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate, introduced today, largely mirrors the 2009 bill, but contains two significant changes.
The reach of the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions depends on the interpretation of "rubbery" expressions, while other elements of the legislation have failed to live up to their promise or are strangling the retail industry, according to three IR silks who delivered this year's prestigious Julian Small lecture.
The Fair Work Ombudsman is seeking an urgent interlocutory order for an employer to stump up more than $1 million because of fears it will fail to make severance and annual leave payments to about 200 redundant workers.
