Beverage manufacturer Schweppes Australia has locked out indefinitely about 150 production and warehouse employees at its Tullamarine site in Melbourne, in response to protected industrial action by workers resisting company plans for round-the-clock operations.
The judicial review of Fair Work Australia's decision last month to freeze industrial action by Victorian public hospital nurses is now unlikely to proceed until next year.
Fair Work Australia is expected tomorrow to begin conciliating the long-running dispute that resulted in striking maritime workers being locked out by P&O Automotive and General Stevedores before intervention yesterday by new Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten.
Amendment allows unions to appear for small claims; CFMEU back in fold, as Reynolds steps down; Shorten sworn in, Abetz presents outstanding business; Joyce confident arbitration results will be "reasonable"; and Minister calls for POAGS and MUA to "get before" FWA.
Fair Work Australia will not complete its inquiry into the HSU's finances - which began more than two-and-a-half years ago - by its publicly-stated target of the end of the year.
Accountant used confidential information to solicit clients; Report identifies barriers to older worker participation; Victorian public sector negotiations drag on; $19,000 penalty for record and payslip failures; ABCC launches first sham contracting case in South Australia; Queensland Government audit to identify sham contracting in government-funded construction jobs; and Bills digest released for construction IR legislation.
The Commonwealth Government has made it clear that it does not intend to cap at $2 billion its funding of wage rises that flow from the equal pay case for the social and community services sector.
The Australian Nursing Federation is seeking a low paid authorisation to enable it to pursue a multi-employer agreement for nurses employed in private sector general practice clinics and medical centres.
FWA to arbitrate Qantas long-haul pilots' deal in June; Vale Mark Ryan; and Amend NES to give seniors the right to flexible working arrangements, says panel.
New workplace relations minister Bill Shorten has moved quickly to indicate he will seek to occupy the middle ground on IR, after his appointment as workplace relations minister this afternoon.
