Fair Work Australia will tomorrow morning hear a Qantas application to halt plans by its licensed aircraft mechanical engineers to stop work and impose bans next Monday and Tuesday, on the basis that the bans notified by the ALAEA are not protected.
Harmers Workplace Lawyers and its former managing partner Joydeep Hor have reached a confidential settlement in the long-running proceedings the firm brought against Hor over his alleged conduct prior to leaving to set up his own practice.
The ALAEA has called off industrial action that would have stymied Qantas operations tomorrow but intends to continue with Monday's stoppages and bans, while TWU delegates have approved a bargaining framework that authorises officials to push Qantas to restrict its use of labour hire and casual workers and to boost super contributions.
Jetstar has begun recruiting part-time pilots under individual common law contracts, even though its collective agreement allows it to engage flight crew on a part-time basis. Meanwhile, Qantas faces the prospect of industrial action on a new front, with its international pilots union imposing a seven-day deadline to finalise negotiations.
A FWA full bench has overturned an earlier agreement approval by recently retired Senior Deputy President Rob Cartwright, finding multiple problems with his decision to accept undertakings the employer gave to get the deal over the line.
NSW IR Minister Greg Pearce has rejected a claim by the State IRC President, Justice Roger Boland, that he failed to advise the institution that the Government was about to fast-track changes to OHS laws, including removing safety matters from the Industrial Court.
The Federal Government in last night's Budget increased Australia's permanent and skilled migration levels and introduced new measures to fast-track skilled migrants to areas of high demand - regional Australia and mega resources projects.
Tonight's federal Budget cuts fringe benefit concessions for employer-supplied or salary-sacrificed cars, introduces extensive new measures to increase skills, training and participation and cuts public sector spending by $1.1 billion.
Licensed aircraft mechanical engineers have notified Qantas that they will strike for two hours on Monday and begin a series of bans, as they ramp up industrial action that begins with a one-hour stoppage on Friday.
