While major planks of the Federal Government's new IR regime begin on July 1, the provisions that establish the institutional framework for the new system will take effect on Tuesday next week.
Ministers agree to harmonise OHS laws, but WA could spoil the party; Stewart to deliver Richard Kirby Lecture on Thursday; Victorian university staff to strike on Thursday; and WA state wage case starts today.
The Fair Work Act's provisions allowing injunctions to prevent freedom of association breaches and giving Fair Work Australia a new role in promoting low-paid bargaining are among the changes IR experts believe could hold the potential to recast Australia's workplace relations landscape.
The "deep divisions" within the High Court in the 2005 political advertising and the 2006 Work Choices cases reflected equally deep divisions within the Australian community and went on to play a "considerable" part in the 2007 federal election, retired High Court judge Michael Kirby said today.
The ABS has failed in its bid to stay earlier AIRC orders that it allow the 28 employees it told to leave the workplace after a round of job cuts to return to their previous positions.
MUA to strike on Melbourne docks; Gillard reintroduces Safe Work Australia bill; IR lawyers head to US for fact-finding mission on good faith bargaining; ETU's Williams retires; Restaurant operators fined $180,000 for wages shortfall
Victoria's Hazelwood Power station could face "operational problems" unless it addresses safety concerns stemming from a strike by emergency services officers, the union representing the workers says.
