NUW members to strike tomorrow at Qantas; Court orders $250,000 payout against CFMEU and WA officials; and No loud call from business for IR change, says Swan.
The CFMEU (construction & general division) is seeking legal advice following the ABCC's admission that 203 compulsory interview notices it issued up until the Ark Tribe acquittal were defective.
The Federal Court will decide whether exposure to computer-generated porn at work breaches the Sex Discrimination Act, as part of the bullying and discrimination action against Airservices Australia launched last year by a female air traffic controller.
TWU members to vote on Qantas industrial action, after FWA approves ballot; Address productivity when economy is strong, says RBA governor; CPI rises to 3.6% a year; and S-x-related workers' compensation claim proceeds to Federal Court.
A Fair Work Australia full bench will tomorrow in Melbourne hear the AiG's appeal against the tribunal's earlier approval of the ADJ Contracting deal - the first of the Victorian electrical contracting sector pattern agreements to be lodged.
The CPSU has decided against formally challenging the results of protected action ballots in Immigration and Customs, which failed to meet the 50% voter turnout thresholds.
The BCA has called on the Federal Government to curb the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions, introduce secret ballots for majority support determinations, explore making IFAs a condition of employment and allow employers to offset superannuation increases against minimum wage rises.
FWO warns HR managers to beware of sham contracting arrangements; Insider wins Telstra HR director role; TWU seeking protected action ballot at Qantas; Qantas pilots release text of protected announcements; Freehills urges employers to consider following in footsteps of Qantas; and MBA calls for calm response to illegal worker report.
The Victorian public sector union will lodge protected action ballots in 14 days unless there is a breakthrough in its negotiations with the State Government for a new raft of public sector agreements.
A Fair Work Australia full bench majority has upheld a ruling that it can constitute industrial action when employees communicate to clients and the media about their industrial dispute and wear campaign clothing, while the minority has dismissed the proposed action as mere "employee disobedience".
