Senior Victorian public servant Tim Lee will be Fair Work Australia's inaugural general manager and Nick Wilson will be the Fair Work Ombudsman, the Federal Government announced this afternoon.
The Opposition will today begin the process of seeking to disallow Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard's direction to ABC Commissioner John Lloyd to temper the way he uses his coercive powers.
Former Westpac head David Morgan has chided the Australian and US governments for their misguided attempts to curb executive remuneration, in a speech in which he revealed that he spent half his time as CEO on HR issues and identified three mistakes HR practitioners should try to avoid
Employee wins mammoth $466,000 sexual harassment payout; Coalition to oppose construction IR bill, Senate inquiry to report in September; Bank worker sacked after statements in court; and Union welcomes pay freeze for Telstra executives.
The formula for calculating the new high-income threshold, employers' record-keeping obligations and the method for deducting pay for partial work bans are all set out in the Federal Government's 142-page Fair Work Act Regulations, which are now available.
A pay deal for Australia Post's 32,000-plus employees remains elusive, with its key union's hopes now fading that the Fair Work Act's more liberal agreement content rules could help breathe new life into the negotiations.
A NSW doctor has failed in her claim that the state Department of Health's decision to deny her paid maternity leave constituted unlawful sex discrimination; and the AIRC has rejected a charity's argument that more than $5,000 an employee saved on FBT should be taken into account in calculating his salary for unfair dismissal purposes.
Reynolds gets up in CFMEU WA election replay; UK Government accepts recommendation for 1.25% minimum wage rise, as AFPC ruling looms; Furnishing trades union does enterprise deal with new owner of auto glass manufacturer; ACF complains about "misleading" claims on impacts of CPRS on jobs; and Sydney University team to bid for another term editing JIR.
The two international IR and labour law conferences to be held in Sydney in August and September have secured major keynote speakers, with President Obama's labour advisor Tom Kochan to address one and the head of the United States' national industrial umpire the other.
The Federal Court has ordered the CFMEU to pay a $75,000 penalty, plus costs that could exceed that amount, for defying a court order to end a picket at the new Royal Children's Hospital building site in Melbourne.
