Federal Parliament is on the verge of voting the Government's Paid Parental Leave Bill into law after the Senate today - with some significant amendments - passed the legislation.
The IR Society of Australia has taken the unprecedented step of calling on the Senate to rescind its resolution requiring FWA President Justice Geoffrey Giudice to appear for questioning during Estimates hearings.
Pay rises in enterprise agreements approved in last year's December quarter grew at a solid 4% annually across the economy and 3.9% in the private sector, according to new DEEWR bargaining statistics that are dominated by Fair Work deals lodged since July 1 last year.
Workplace Express yesterday incorrectly reported that the Senate passed the Federal Government's amendment to its paid parental leave legislation that would require employers to continue to pay their existing obligations to employees. In fact debate on that amendment was postponed until today, when it is expected to pass.
Tribe trial adjourned to Friday; Court clears BHP of adverse action claim; Bench reserves decision on absorption, overtime phasing; Employee to pay "$4,000 bond for unfair dismissal case; and FWA agreement mix-up "farcical", says Abetz
A mix-up in which the same proposed enterprise agreement was accidentally referred to two different Fair Work Australia members has graphically highlighted inconsistencies in the agreement approval process.
A contractor on the Pluto LNG project has failed to secure a cooling-off period to end a hard-fought bargaining dispute with its employees, after FWA found its lock-out of the workers undermined its case for a suspension of all industrial action at the site.
The Fair Work Ombudsman's sound internal practices are responsible for a 90% reduction in complaints between 2007-08 and 2008-09, according to a Commonwealth Ombudsman report released today on the FWO's use of its "coercive information-gathering powers".
