A ticket comprising AMWU national secretary Dave Oliver and all of the union's key national and state officials has been re-elected unopposed in the lead-up to a key bargaining round.
The Federal Government should consider introducing a New Zealand-style good faith bargaining code if Fair Work Australia continues its "permissive approach" to employer bargaining conduct, while Australia's good faith bargaining provisions should be read as requiring parties to reach an agreement, according to a new book.
Australian Catholic University employees yesterday voted up a new enterprise agreement that increases parental leave entitlements for fathers with primary care responsibilities, enshrines a 35 hour week for academic staff and safeguards intellectual freedom.
AWU leader Paul Howes has warned Rio Tinto that the union is coming after it, as it shifts to a new industry-based bargaining model to build on a claimed 30% membership growth over three years.
Fair Work Australia has rejected an enterprise agreement after finding that a term obliging the employer to supply protective clothing only to full-time employees could lead to unlawful discrimination and adverse action against casuals.
The union representing Qantas long-haul pilots could seek orders for a protected action ballot within the next two weeks after pilots in Melbourne today joined their Sydney colleagues in supporting the move.
Courts should treat the Brodie-Hanns principles only as "guiding criteria" when deciding whether to grant extensions under the Fair Work Act's s371, the Federal Magistrate's Court has ruled, in allowing an employee to continue with her late general protections claim.
Qantas coerced and took adverse action against an employee who complained about underpayments when a manager verbally intimidated him and deprived him of the opportunity to apply for overseas postings, a court has ruled.
The AMMA has joined critics of the Coalition-led insistence that Fair Work Australia President Justice Geoffrey Giudice appear before Senate Estimate hearings for questioning.
Offshore oil and gas industry vessel operators on the multi-billion dollar Gorgon LNG project in WA have agreed to pay a $90-plus daily allowance for marine work that doesn't attract the generous construction allowances won in the torrid industry bargaining round of 2009-2010.
