NSW IRC President Justice Roger Boland has stood aside from next month's case challenging the validity of the new laws fettering the tribunal's discretion to set public sector wages, after the State Government opposed him sitting on the bench on the basis of an apprehension of bias.
Qantas long-haul pilots will on Friday begin an innovative campaign of protected industrial action that will involve making union in-flight announcements to passengers, but without disrupting services.
After threatening to oppose the Gillard Government’s carbon pricing legislation if it cost a single job within the AWU’s coverage, the union has today thrown its weight behind the scheme.
The Federal Government’s new paid parental leave scheme might lead to working mothers becoming more disadvantaged over time, according to a new study by the Australia Institute.
Fair Work Australia has upheld the right of Alinta Energy power plant employees to take protected industrial action that might shut down operations, in a decision that might have implications for electricity generators across Australia.
Former Prime Minister John Howard has today called for the Coalition to develop an IR policy that includes statutory individual contracts with a no disadvantage test and to protect small businesses from unfair dismissal laws.
The AMMA has sought leave to intervene to support the AiG's appeal against Fair Work Australia's approval of the ADJ Contracting deal - the first of the pattern agreements for the Victorian electrical contracting sector to be lodged.
The Federal Magistrates Court has criticised the FWO for its heavy-handed approach to a small business owner accused by a former employee of not providing payslips for six weeks.
In what his opponents say is a Dean Mighell push to take over the union but his faction maintains is about representing members' interests first, the ETU is going into an election effectively split in two.
FWA requires maximum seven days notice for AMWU action against fire brigade; Court reverses ruling on union entry breaches; Victorian building workers vote up deal; and Joe McDonald arrested again.
