Current and former NSW IRC members Anne Tabbaa and Michael Sheils have been recognised in the Australia Day honours list, along with Hawke Government IR Minister Peter Morris.
Toyota rejects union call for voluntary redundancies; Dinner next month to farewell Justice Giudice; Government proposes new tourism and hospitality labour agreement; ACTU seeks one-week delay for minimum wage consultations; Inflation stalls in December quarter; and Guides released for road safety remuneration bills.
Talks during an industrial action ceasefire have failed to result in a deal for BHPB's Bowen Basin coal mines, with unions to recommend at mass meetings called for next week that employees reject the company's latest position.
Further directions hearing in fortnight for Victorian public sector workplace determination; Pepsi US makes big payout over criminal background checks; and NSW Government temporary employee recruitment costs up 22%.
In its submission on the bill replacing the ABCC with the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate, the ACTU has called for stronger mechanisms to govern the use of the body's coercive powers, while the MBA says the legislation will turn the construction cop into a "toothless tiger".
Fair Work Australia has today made its first workplace determination, endorsing the consent deal made between Qantas and ALAEA after the tribunal's order to end industrial action in the wake of the airline's dramatic lockout and shutdown last October.
Fair Work Australia has rejected a bid by the MBA to vary the construction industry modern award to make clear that adult apprentices are not eligible for a range of allowances other building workers are entitled to.
The Productivity Commission will develop a new system for selecting the superannuation funds that are nominated as the default option in modern awards, the federal government announced this afternoon.
