New appointments to Fair Work Australia redress a pro-employer imbalance created by the Howard government, two leading labour law academics say, while Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard has challenged the Coalition to explain why it appointed only one woman to the tribunal during its 11 years in power.
Hours worked across the economy continued to fall in the September quarter, while productivity and unit labour costs grew strongly, according to the ABS.
A CEPU notification to Telstra that its members across the country planned "an unlimited number of indefinite stoppages" failed to comply with the new Act, a Fair Work Australia full bench has ruled.
Shadow IR Minister Senator Eric Abetz has slammed the Rudd Government's new appointments to Fair Work Australia as "blatant pandering to their union mates", while AMMA says Labor has continued the tradition of making partisan appointments to the tribunal.
The Federal Government has today announced its first appointments to Fair Work Australia, with five of the six new commissioners having recent or past union backgrounds.
The CEPU has called a national strike of its members at Australia Post, a move it says is a response to the corporation's decision to deny pay to employees participating in work bans.
A nurse who complained a doctor colleague sexual harassed and victimised her and that she was victimised and discriminated against by the hospital where they both worked has failed in her claims.
The CFMEU (mining and energy division) is seeking a majority support determination for workers in Rio Tinto's rail operations, in a bid to force the company back to the bargaining table in the PIlbara for the first time in more than a decade.
Stand-down breach a "wake-up call" for employers, says magistrate; Abbott and Abetz inspire new wave of HR Nicholls activism; Employee miscount sinks majority support bid; and CEPU starts "free mail" action.
A major health care group has targeted 22 pathology employees in Victoria out of a workforce of more than 200 for a seven-week lockout, in a move the union and the Greens say highlights flaws in the Fair Work Act.
