There is a direct link between the large number of women employed in social and community services and the undervaluation of work in the sector, according to the ASU, which today filed its outline of contentions in the SACS equal pay case.
A challenge this month to FWA's rejection of McDonald's' first national agreement is looming as a major test of the Fair Work Act's approval requirements, with Ai Group seeking to intervene, arguing that Commissioner Donna McKenna's April ruling "threatens the workability of Australia's enterprise bargaining system".
FWA counsels caution on construction redundancies; Full bench upholds Australia Post sacking; Record should have counted in dismissal decision; and Christmas party dismissal unfair
The AEC is the default option for conducting protected action ballots and a union seeking the appointment of a private ballot agent must provide good reasons for doing so, FWA has ruled, in rejecting a union's bid for a quick-turnaround attendance vote.
Some agreements lodged last year yet to be processed, says FWA president; Government will amend small business dismissal checklist if necessary; and Opposition seeks table of FWA case results, by member.
FWA has agreed to vary bargaining orders it made against the Commonwealth Bank – after finding it acted in bad faith – to impose an obligation on the FSU to keep confidential any pay offers the bank makes during bargaining.
It is not only ABC Commissioner John Lloyd but his deputy Ross Dalgleish who has been advised by Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard that he won't be automatically reappointed when his five-year term expires, the DEEWR has revealed.
A Fair Work Australia full bench has upheld an appeal against a single member decision that would have permitted workers to take protected action in support of an agreement's requirement that contractors have a union enterprise deal.
A Senate inquiry has unanimously recommended the Government review the eligibility requirements for its paid parental leave scheme, to ensure women with a strong attachment to the workforce are not excluded.
FWA has expressed confidence that the $26-a-week increase it has awarded will not harm employment, but employers have warned it could damage the economy and add to labour cost increases companies already face as a result of award modernisation.
