Industrial action at Patrick's container terminals that was due to begin tomorrow has been put on hold for more than a fortnight, after the company and the MUA agreed to a negotiation timetable in talks chaired by FWA Commissioner Anna Lee Cribb this afternoon.
PM handpicks Wright to replace Bitar; New NSW shadow IR minister; Prison wins extra notice of industrial action; and GEERs racial discrimination claim fails.
Fair Work Australia will this afternoon hear Patrick's bid to halt MUA members' plans to begin industrial action tomorrow at its four container terminals, while the tribunal this morning began hearing an MUA application to stop the company's plan to withhold the pay of employees who impose bans.
Patrick seeks to halt strikes; MUA’s Crumlin returned; Court rejects non-lawyer; SA the first jurisdiction to introduced harmonised safety laws; Victorian anti-bullying legislation now available; and Reith speech to HR Nicholls Society now available.
Last year's UK election victory by a Conservative alliance will result in a "far, far less dramatic" IR transition than when Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, but external factors will continue to force change, a Sydney conference has heard.
A tribunal has awarded a 75-year-old bus driver $25,323 in compensation and ordered his employer to make a written apology, after finding he was dismissed because of his age.
The Federal Magistrates Court has accepted that the Child Support Agency dismissed a probationary employee over performance issues and has thrown out her adverse action claim.
AiG amplifies its calls for changes to Act; ABCC joins AiG in opposing ETU framework; Clauses restricting labour hire no barrier to strike ballot; Petition sufficient evidence for FWA to make majority determination; and CFMEU backs Abetz on Johns' party membership.
A newly-released CFMEU-commissioned study of corporate sustainability reporting says that leading Australian listed companies, including Coca-Cola Amatil and BlueScope Steel, are failing to report adequately on their labour practices.
