Patrick seeks to halt strikes; MUA’s Crumlin returned; Court rejects non-lawyer; SA the first jurisdiction to introduced harmonised safety laws; Victorian anti-bullying legislation now available; and Reith speech to HR Nicholls Society now available.
Last year's UK election victory by a Conservative alliance will result in a "far, far less dramatic" IR transition than when Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, but external factors will continue to force change, a Sydney conference has heard.
A tribunal has awarded a 75-year-old bus driver $25,323 in compensation and ordered his employer to make a written apology, after finding he was dismissed because of his age.
The Federal Magistrates Court has accepted that the Child Support Agency dismissed a probationary employee over performance issues and has thrown out her adverse action claim.
AiG amplifies its calls for changes to Act; ABCC joins AiG in opposing ETU framework; Clauses restricting labour hire no barrier to strike ballot; Petition sufficient evidence for FWA to make majority determination; and CFMEU backs Abetz on Johns' party membership.
A newly-released CFMEU-commissioned study of corporate sustainability reporting says that leading Australian listed companies, including Coca-Cola Amatil and BlueScope Steel, are failing to report adequately on their labour practices.
Shadow Workplace Relations Minister Senator Eric Abetz has called for the Government to split the FWO into two and to amend the Fair Work Act to require FWA members to resign their memberships of political parties and unions/employer associations.
Howard Government Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith has urged the Coalition to take a comprehensive IR plan that includes individual contracts to the next election to ensure it has a mandate if it wins, while advising that it would be sensible for an Abbott Government to start with "incremental" change.
