Wage rises in private sector agreements made in the last quarter of 2011 edged back above 4%, pushed along partly by large increases in greenfields deals covering about 9000 employees, DEEWR data released today reveals.
The Federal Government's construction industry IR legislation that abolishes the ABCC and replaces it with a new inspectorate will take effect on Friday, DEEWR said last night.
An FWA officer recalled to an Estimates hearing last night rejected the Coalition's claims that the institution had failed to act on what the Opposition maintained were 2009 recommendations to pursue criminal charges against former HSU national secretary Craig Thomson.
The Coalition has succeeded in having Fair Work Australia recalled to a Senate Estimates hearing this evening after revealing that former industrial registrar Doug Williams recommended three years ago that the Craig Thomson affair be referred to police “expeditiously” based “on the strength of discoveries from inquiries which do not require further investigation”.
Fair Work Australia's President, Justice Iain Ross has told an Estimates hearing that he had spoken to Vice President Graeme Watson about his comments at the NSW IR Society's recent annual conference.
A court has found a manufacturing company took unlawful adverse action against employees when it made unauthorised deductions after they took protected industrial action.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has today begun prosecuting two Qantas entities and Jetstar for allegedly paying foreign-based cabin crew working in Australian territory only half of their minimum entitlements.
Fair Work Australia's President, Justice Iain Ross, has told a Senate Estimates hearing this morning that the Fair Work Act should be amended to change the institution's name and separate its "adjudicative" and administrative arms.
A House of Representatives committee that is to conduct a review of workplace bullying will consider matters such as the role of workplace culture and the ability of policies to curb it.
Union accountability bill next week; Victorian Government ordered to produce documents; Legal advice sought on Victoria Police drug testing; Government to tackle Melbourne and Brisbane waterfront crime; and Productivity slump explained.
