The Coalition and ACCI must "develop some backbone" and take the fight up to the Government on individual statutory agreements, according to AMMA chief executive Steve Knott.
A second offshore oil and gas vessel operator could face protected industrial action after workers at Total Marine Services voted strongly in favour seven-day strikes, work bans and other action in a ballot this week.
The Federal Magistrates Court has ordered a company and two senior executives to pay $23,000 in penalties for trying to force an employee to vary her AWA so she would return from maternity leave in a different job that paid 25% less.
A bargaining representative can apply to extend the post-ballot period for taking protected industrial action, even after the initial 30 days have passed, Fair Work Australia has ruled.
A survey of 8,000 employees indicates there is little basis to the widely-held view that employers introduced a form of “de facto work sharing” to ride out the economic downturn that led to fewer job losses,according to a Workplace Research Centre study released today.
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The employer group whose criticism of the State IR referrals legislation was seized on by the Coalition as supporting its decision to oppose the bill has now called for it to be passed.
Amid uncertainty in Canberra about whether the federal referral legislation will pass this year, the NSW Government has today introduced legislation to refer its private sector IR powers.
The Opposition has this evening hit back at Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard over her strongly-worded criticism of its decision to vote against the State referrals legislation, saying it was unclear "why it is up to us to make up for the Government's complete inability to manage its legislative program".
ACTU president Sharan Burrow will launch a bid to become general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation and, if successful, resign from the ACTU's top job in mid-2010.
