$94,000 penalty for unions' entry breaches; Paramedics dodge arbitration with late deal; FWA opens way to Abigroup vote; AMWU's Walsh taking up international union post; RBA article updated; Labour history conference - call for papers; and Good faith bargaining seminar in Melbourne on Friday.
Police today dropped most of their charges against 12 men accused of involvement in unlawful conduct related to the Westgate Bridge dispute, while the ABCC has outlined 90-plus breaches of building industry IR laws it is pursuing against unions in its civil case over the dispute.
CPSU has more than 1,000 new delegates; Deal follows AWMU information request; Employer unfair dismissal cost claim out of time, says AIRC; Steak-sanga-gate resolved; Government releases employee share scheme draft laws; Cheaper fuel means less pay for truckies; and Last day for submissions to WA IR inquiry.
Cultural and "black letter" legal changes to IR since the 1990s have helped Australia to weather the global financial crisis, Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens said today.
Unions remain obliged under the Fair Work Act to provide evidence that they are genuinely trying to reach agreement in seeking orders for a protected action ballot, Fair Work Australia has ruled.
Construction bill through lower house; Support for telephone conciliation; Senate "dinosaurs" will cost green jobs, says ACTU; $115,000 payout for underpaid Australian Open security guard; and FWA publishes reasons for first s418 order against employer
Unions are using the new good faith bargaining provisions to try to lock employers into bargaining according to their rules, while, as expected, they are also testing the limits of what information they can now request from companies.
A Perth childcare business found to have unlawfully sacked an employee upon her return from maternity leave has been ordered to pay a penalty of almost $30,000 to the LHMU.
The Ai Group is seeking to influence the development of good faith bargaining case law by intervening in a CFMEU bid for good faith orders that is before Fair Work Australia.
