NSW IR Minister Greg Pearce has rejected a claim by the State IRC President, Justice Roger Boland, that he failed to advise the institution that the Government was about to fast-track changes to OHS laws, including removing safety matters from the Industrial Court.
The Federal Government in last night's Budget increased Australia's permanent and skilled migration levels and introduced new measures to fast-track skilled migrants to areas of high demand - regional Australia and mega resources projects.
Tonight's federal Budget cuts fringe benefit concessions for employer-supplied or salary-sacrificed cars, introduces extensive new measures to increase skills, training and participation and cuts public sector spending by $1.1 billion.
Licensed aircraft mechanical engineers have notified Qantas that they will strike for two hours on Monday and begin a series of bans, as they ramp up industrial action that begins with a one-hour stoppage on Friday.
A court has awarded a Victorian Workcover Authority occupational hygienist almost $30,000 after she lost her entitlement to private use of her employer's car.
The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered a company and its director to pay more thann $41,000 in backpay and fines for refusing to pay two trainees employed over a four-month period on Labor's transitional individual employment contracts.
Licensed aircraft mechanical engineers employed by Qantas will go out for an hour on Friday morning, after their union claimed bargaining negotiations with the airline had "hit a brick wall".
Greens support calls to amend Act; Argy bargy continues over enterprise migration agreements; Stitt new VTHC president; NSW nursing leaders back; Employers welcome extension to apprentice support scheme; No sign of wages breakout, but possibility of risks if mining boom continues.
FWA has received more than 550 general protections applications every quarter this financial year and unfair dismissal claims under the Fair Work Act continue to rise, but bargaining activity has slowed substantially, new Fair Work Australia data reveals.
Union density has fallen from 20% to 18% in the past year, despite private sector membership rising numerically and remaining static proportionally, according to ABS data released today.
