The LHMU will seek pay rises for about 60,000 aged care employees – possibly through arbitration – after becoming the first union seeking to utilise the Fair Work Act's low-paid bargaining stream.
Fair Work Australia has this afternoon rejected a bid by IBM Australia Limited for a stay - pending an appeal - on a majority support declaration in favour of the ASU.
Xstrata subsidiary Ulan Coal Mines has successfully challenged a single FWA member's ruling that 10 workers it dismissed last year during a restructure were not genuinely made redundant.
FWA refuses to count HR diploma course as part of employee's income; Bench upholds sacking for breach of "responsible drinking" policy; BHPB entity's sacking of worker who failed breath test was reasonable; Employment ended when contract expired; and Qantas gets nod for legal representation.
Breastfeeding will be established as a separate ground of discrimination and further protection introduced from discrimination on the grounds of family responsibilities under reforms the Federal Government announced yesterday.
Take-home pay orders can be sought for classes of employees, before pay cuts actually occur, and that take into account variations to modern awards under new regulations released yesterday by Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard.
The AEU has failed in its bid to challenge the registration of a rival union under a new provision introduced in the Fair Work reforms, after the Federal Court found it operated retrospectively to ensure the validity of the union.
Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard has today released regulations that she says provide greater certainty about the scope and operation of take-home pay orders.
FWO has launched a prosecution against Hungry Jack's for allegedly underpaying its Tasmanian employees $665,695 - a result of the company's failure to register its enterprise agreement.
