The AiG is campaigning against the passage of the Government's legislation to facilitate state referrals of IR powers, on the basis that it and the related intergovernmental agreements inappropriately hand the states powers to veto any necessary changes to the Fair Work Act.
Unions must seek a fresh protected action ballot if they decide to change the coverage of the agreement they are seeking, Fair Work Australia has ruled.
Ballot to go ahead at Australia Post; Thales, unions forge new cooperative relationship; FWA suspends action at Autoliv; and Rural WA shire not a trading corporation: WA IRC
Unions NSW has objected to provisions in the Rudd Government's IR referrals bill under which utilities workers would become federal employees. DEEWR, meanwhile, says it expects FWA to use a full five-year phase in period to transition state award employees to modern awards.
A Vietnamese-speaking employee ordered by his manager to speak English while at work and docked pay after complaining about it has won a $28,000 payout from the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal.
The AIRC award modernisation full bench has reversed its preliminary decision not to make an award to cover non-public service state employees and has published a draft State Government Agencies Award.
Queensland teachers to vote on 12.5% deal; ASU and government agree on pay equity roadmap; Lutheran schools to bargain as single interest employer; Labour hire firm fined $8,000 over threat; Industrial strife looms at Dollar Sweets; and Queensland labour history book released ahead of conference
Fair Work Australia has rejected the AWU's argument that theme park Dreamworld intentionally changed its venue for union discussions with employees to intimidate them and discourage them from attending.
The Fair Work Act's majority support and general protection provisions mean union-busting strategies practised in the US are unlikely to become widespread in Australia, according to Monash University's Anthony Forsyth.
Qantas professional engineers vote up industrial action; Wages to head further south, despite recovering labour demand: RBA; Telstra strike put on hold; and NSW Supreme Court to hear appeal on IRC's TAFE ruling
