The AWU has secured a greenfields deal with the successful bidder for a major tranche of the $5.3 billion Victorian regional rail link project, and now the CFMEU is seeking to do the same for a different stage.
Unions advocated the introduction of enterprise bargaining two decades ago, but most were ill-equipped to deal with the move from an arbitration system to one that made heavy demands on resources and required strong workplace-level bargaining capacity, according to Griffith University's Professor David Peetz.
Many employers and employer associations saw the introduction of enterprise bargaining as a way to "clean up the horrors" of the previous two decades, but 20 years later many are now shifting back to awards as a simpler way to deal with workplace relations, according to academic Louise Thornthwaite.
A former Mitsubishi Motors employee who has initiated 34 Federal Court actions has lost his appeal against orders declaring him a vexatious litigant and preventing from beginning any further proceedings without leave.
An employee sacked after refusing to answer his employer's questions about competing business interests has lost his Federal Court full court challenge to his failed unfair dismissal bid.
The Federal Government will tomorrow provide additional information on the cost implications of an equal remuneration order for the social and community services sector, after a request today from the full bench hearing the case.
Real labour costs have now risen for six consecutive quarters, while corporates' share of national income is again nearing a record high, according to ABS National Accounts trend data released today.
Ridout to leave AiG in April; Unions welcome Government support for Apprentice review; Gap between rich and poor highest in 30 years: new report; and Public servant who alleged victimisation due to union activity wins access to some documents.
