Fair Work Australia has suspended for a fortnight a NTEU ban at the University of South Australia, after it accepted that the welfare of graduating students would have been adversely affected.
The AIRC has published the stage four modern awards, the final step in an epic two-year award modernisation process that has fundamentally reshaped Australia's employment safety net.
Telstra to challenge CEPU strike; Gillard highlights Coalition revival of unfair dismissal exemption; Big turnout in Australia Post ballot; MUA strike at Total Marine Services; Lockout at Heinz; FWA refuses employer bid to defer majority support case; and $70,000 fine for RailCorp's agreement breach
More than four years after the expiry of their 2002-05 agreement, Virgin Blue cabin crew have voted up a new enterprise deal that delivers 3% annual pay rises, increases duty hours and creates new lower-paid entry-level positions.
ACTU senior industrial officer Cath Bowtell has nominated as a candidate for president of the peak union body, but supporters of Ged Kearney say the ANF national secretary clearly has the numbers. And while the Left unions work out the preselection process, there is also talk of creating a third ACTU assistant secretary's position to offer Bowtell if she is unsuccessful.
New Opposition leader Tony Abbott and his deputy Julie Bishop today both indicated support for individual employment contracts, in comments Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said showed their determination to bring back Work Choices-style AWAs.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has released the information statement that national system employers will be required to give to all new employees from January 1.
The AMWU (vehicle division) and Ford are looking at ways to press ahead with their proposed enterprise agreement despite failing to secure the support of the company's technical and salaried workers for the deal.
The national IR system will commence from January 1 next year after federal parliament today voted to pass the State Referrals bill and the NSW Parliament yesterday referred its IR powers for the private sector to Canberra.
