The surge in casual employment triggered by the global financial crisis could become a permanent feature of the labour landscape in industries that rely heavily on minimum wage workers, new research suggests.
The CFMEU’s construction and general division and two of its officials will pay $1 million in penalties and the AMWU and one of its officials will pay $325,000, after they settled the ABCC’s prosecution over last year’s dispute at John Holland’s Westgate Bridge strengthening project.
Fewer strikes, more flexibility: AMMA's IR wishlist; One year's probation reasonable, FWA finds; Job, not duties, key to genuine redundancy: FWA; Loss of trust rules out reinstatement after 33 years of "unblemished service"; Pluto workers face April trial date; and BA flight attendants to strike
The incompetence of a company's managers and the unprofessional actions of its HR specialists rendered unreasonable the sacking of a thieving manager, Fair Work Australia has ruled.
Collective bargaining among full-time employees steadily increased as they moved away from reliance on awards earlier this decade, but Work Choices interrupted the trend, a new FWA analysis suggests.
New research conducted by FWA to inform its 2010 minimum pay ruling shows that about half of award-reliant employees are clustered around the C10 tradesperson's rate - currently $16.78 an hour or $637.60 a week - and that 70% of award-reliant employees are paid more than the C10 rate. Meanwhile, the minimum wage full bench has issued a statement clarifying the scope of this year's case.
An "understanding" between the CFMEU and AWU looms as the key to preventing demarcation flare-ups during the first tranche of work on the multi-billion dollar Gorgon LNG project, with head-contractor Thiess's proposed deals with the unions silent on how coverage issues will be dealt with on the site.
Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens today warned that unemployment was the price of excessive wage increases and noted that "a lot" of business people were expressing concern over union activity in the WA resources sector.
The National Retailers Association has obtained legal advice that a High Court challenge to the award modernisation process could be successful, while the ACTU has condemned the proposed action.
ANF seeks answers on take home pay orders; Full court dismisses appeal by employee refused a transfer; Employer can have lawyer to argue sacking a redundancy; and Meetings and claim for parity aren't enough, FWA tells union.
