The mining union has sought OECD intervention over Xstrata's IR practices, including an alleged management policy of avoiding collective bargaining, that it says breach the international organisation's guidelines.
Employer groups have slammed as "retrograde" NSW Premier Kristina Keneally's bid for a standing exemption from the Fair Work Act's ban on project agreements, while Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the State Government should stick to the deal it made last year on OHS reform.
Crown Casino and the LHMU have reached an eleventh hour in-principle agreement for what will be the largest single-site union agreement in the country just ahead of a planned strike that would have coincided with a major Melbourne race day.
Employers have to notify each worker of the specific pay deductions they face before docking them for implementing partial work bans, Fair Work Australia has ruled, in finding Alcoa met the Fair Work Act's new notice requirements for only a portion of its workforce during a dispute last year.
A mineworker dismissed after a night of drinking caused his blood-alcohol levels to be too high when he started work the next day has failed in his unfair dismissal claim.
The Federal Court has struck out part of publicity coordinator Kristy Fraser-Kirk's sexual harassment claim against retailer David Jones and former chief executive Mark McInnes and rejected her bid for records of any bills he incurred for Sydney hotel rooms.
Government open to talks on bargaining, says Gillard; Casino workers to strike on key race day; SA unions to rally over job cuts; TWU leaders returned; New Labor history resource; and Link to speech by Senator Jacinta Collins.
Labor remains committed to reforming building industry IR laws, but could be prepared to accept changes to its legislation to secure its passage through parliament, according to workplace relations parliamentary secretary Senator Jacinta Collins.
The Opposition is planning a second attempt at making Centrelink, not employers, responsible for administering paid parental leave payments under the Federal Government's new scheme, and will introduce as a private members bill the amendments it failed to get up when the bill was debated.
The Fair Work Act helped nudge Westpac back to the bargaining table, the bank's employee relations head has acknowledged, but despite being "spooked" by the good faith requirements he says it ultimately reached a win/win deal with the FSU.
