New laws to fetter the NSW IRC's power to set state public sector wages are set to be passed by NSW Parliament, after the O'Farrell Government on the weekend gagged a marathon debate and forced its legislative changes through the Upper House.
BHP Coal strike ballot gets up, but talks continuing; FAAA seeking feedback from members about rejected Jetstar deal; and Patrick container terminal negotiations recommence June 21.
The ALP and Greens in NSW have managed to delay the passage of the State Government's bill that gives it unprecedented power over public sector pay and conditions but the legislation still looks set to pass after the Government agreed to exempt for now NSW police.
Fair Work Australia's decision today to lift minimum rates by 3.4% marks the first time in 20 years that a federal wage-fixing tribunal has awarded a percentage increase.
FWA has been asked to guarantee that a WorkSafe employee is able to work part-time until her child starts primary school, in a case in which it was argued that the prevailing employment agreement had not been designed to preclude an employee’s right to apply for permanent part-time work on return from parental leave.
Fair Work Australia has upheld the sacking of a TNT Express truck driver who used a GPS blocking device to enable him to conceal his whereabouts and claim overtime when he was at home.
Big payout for CFMEU after 10-day blockade in response to AWU greenfields deal; Tribunal allows indigenous organisation to recruit Aboriginal chief executive; Disputes data shows Fair Work Act working: Evans; WA wage case bench to sit again next week to consider federal decision; and Austlii launches app.
The CCI of WA has called for a major revamp of Australia's IR system, including reintroducing individual agreements; reducing to 20 the number of modern industry awards, with a possible later phase-out of award regulation; restricting union right of entry; and introducing an "inquisitorial" unfair dismissal process.
Employers in the Victorian mechanical contracting sector and the AMWU and AWU have struck an in-principle three-year deal that delivers a 15% pay rise and, in a key development, commits all companies to taking on at least one apprentice in its first 12 months, with the bigger employers to take on more over the full three years.
