Employer objections to ballot bid fail; ABCC sham contracting prosecution; Earlier long service in Tasmania, 8.66 the likely federal entitlement; Equal pay case resumes November 28; CHOGM countries have poor records, says ACTU; and McCallum to speak on separation of IR and discrimination law.
Sydney, Melbourne and Perth international airports will again be affected tomorrow when Customs officers stop work for 24 hours to protest a lack of progress in their long-running enterprise bargaining negotiations
FWA refuses 418 order after AWU members boycott drug tests; Tribunal reverses dismissal of worker who was four times over alcohol limit; Bullying action in Federal Court;
The AMWU and the Victorian labour hire group have reached an in-principle agreement that will deliver several thousand workers a 9% pay rise over two years and introduce a casual conversion clause. Deals in Victorian manufacturing, meanwhile, are being settled for between 3.5% and 4% a year.
The Federal Magistrates Court has found construction employer Mammoet Australia Pty Ltd did not take adverse action when it stopped providing accommodation for striking workers at the massive Pluto gas project in Western Australia.
Victorian public sector unions are calling on the State Government to offer more generous wages deals after it reached agreement with police for a four-year agreement that will deliver average annual increases of 4.7% and a range of increased entitlements.
The Fair Work Ombudsman worked with 31 large national enterprises across nine industries during 2010-11 under its National Employer Program which is open to employers with multiple sites and more than 1000 employees, according to its annual report.
The ACTU has commissioned an independent inquiry into insecure work, to be led by former Keating Government deputy prime minister Brian Howe and former senior industrial tribunal member Paul Munro.
After a six-week adjournment to allow talks between the parties in the SACS equal pay case, a Fair Work Australia full bench has today agreed to a last-minute request by Workplace Relations Minister Senator Chris Evans for a further adjournment to enable further negotiations.
Kelty returns to spotlight to examine the birth of bargaining; "Small mistake" costs company $1.3 million; More Qantas strife, but ALAEA suspends all action; Newspaper agreements voted up, while SBS journalists urged to again reject performance system; and legislation passes to establish NSW Public Service Commissioner.
