FWA will this evening hear an urgent bid by Workplace Relations Minister Chris Senator Evans to terminate protected industrial action at Qantas after the airline late this afternoon dramatically escalated the bargaining dispute with three unions.
The Government, Opposition, unions and employers have all paid tribute to Fair Work Australia President Justice Geoffrey Giudice in the wake of his announcement yesterday that he would resign from the end of February next year.
Good IFAs worth highlighting, says Ombudsman; No probe into leaked Scientology report, says Wilson; Disproportionate number of sham contracting cases before court, FWO concedes; Failure to consult means no genuine redundancy; Tribunal finds majority want to bargain at tea importing company; FWA extending notice period for industrial action in sensitive areas; and Part-costs for woman whose boss said he chose employees based on breast size.
In what the CPSU says might be a breakthrough in the APS bargaining round, it will be recommending delegates at Customs support a proposed deal signed-off by the federal government today that will deliver most of its 5000 employees a pay rise of almost 11% over three years.
Employer objections to ballot bid fail; ABCC sham contracting prosecution; Earlier long service in Tasmania, 8.66 the likely federal entitlement; Equal pay case resumes November 28; CHOGM countries have poor records, says ACTU; and McCallum to speak on separation of IR and discrimination law.
Sydney, Melbourne and Perth international airports will again be affected tomorrow when Customs officers stop work for 24 hours to protest a lack of progress in their long-running enterprise bargaining negotiations
FWA refuses 418 order after AWU members boycott drug tests; Tribunal reverses dismissal of worker who was four times over alcohol limit; Bullying action in Federal Court;
The AMWU and the Victorian labour hire group have reached an in-principle agreement that will deliver several thousand workers a 9% pay rise over two years and introduce a casual conversion clause. Deals in Victorian manufacturing, meanwhile, are being settled for between 3.5% and 4% a year.
