The AWU - which declared in April that it wouldn’t support the Government’s climate change response if one job was lost - will reveal its position next Monday on the “clean energy” package, which includes hefty industry compensation and assistance measures.
FWA has allowed an employee to be represented by a solicitor in her unfair dismissal case and three nursing union members to be represented by an external lawyer in a redundancy dispute.
Campbell, Corney appointed to ABCC Deputy Commisioner roles; Opposition stymies Government bid to end Giudice Estimates appearances; FWO releases best practice guide to parental leave; Federal Government introduces OHS harmonisation legislation.
The Queensland IRC will on August 12 hear union bids for a two-tier wage increase for state award workers, while in Tasmania employers and unions are seeking a flow-on of the federal minimum wage ruling.
WA Premier Colin Barnett has rejected calls by Workplace Relations Minister Senator Chris Evans and CCI WA for the state to join the national IR system, after he revealed yesterday that his Government wouldn't be proceeding with the IR changes recommended by Blake Dawson partner Steven Amendola.
Food processor Patties Foods Ltd didn't breach good faith bargaining requirements when it told employee-appointed bargaining representatives they had no obligation to respond to an NUW letter seeking their contact details and logs of claim, a senior FWA member has found.
Unions have welcomed today's announcement by the Federal Government that it will provide "fair and adequate supplementation" to underpin increases that are likely to arise from the ASU's landmark equal remuneration case for 200,000 social and community services workers.
ABCC seeks injunction to restrain CFMEU’s McDonald; Education union disaffiliates over alleged public school bias by ACTU; Correction to “BlueScope” article; and Practical realities on the ground highlight Labor's "broken promises" on IR, says AMMA.
The NSW IRC has ordered Australian Steel Mill Services (ASMS) to reinstate a plant manager it dismissed for breaching safety procedures at Bluescope Steel's Port Kembla steelworks.
