The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has called on the Federal Government to clarify an area of the Fair Work Bill that employers have been highly critical of - unions' right to inspect both members' and non-members' records - because it may give access to a broader range of records than necessary.
It is understandable that employers could come to the conclusion that the Fair Work Bill’s right of entry provisions are inconsistent with Forward with Fairness, but their concerns are not borne out on closer examination, University of Adelaide Professor of Law, Andrew Stewart, told a Senate inquiry in Adelaide yesterday.
WA won't give up IR powers: Buswell; Rio Tinto train drivers' campaign on hold; AWU national leadership wins four more years; Inflation fall fastest in a decade; Economist to lead NZ unions; and Catholic teachers in NSW to strike
An election for the state registered CFMEU in WA should go ahead so members can judge the actions of secretary Kevin Reynolds and his executive, the State IRC has ruled.
Victorian Liberal Senator Mitch Fifield has called on the Coalition to abandon its commitment to respect Labor's mandate on IR, arguing it was the Opposition's job to "frustrate bad policy".
Julian Burnside QC, who represented the MUA in the union's landmark battle with Patrick Stevedores to have the company's sacked waterfront workers reinstated, was among those recognised in yesterday's Australia Day awards.
The Australian Mines and Metals Association has told a Senate inquiry into the Fair Work Bill today there is already evidence of demarcation rumblings between unions and has outlined measures it believes could limit their effects on employers.
DEEWR management have put an offer on the table for a new union collective agreement that would deliver annual pay rises above 5% to almost all of its 6,500 employees.
The AIRC award modernisation full bench today published the second round of draft modern awards - bringing about substantial rationalisation in construction, finance, manufacturing and call centres - and called for submissions on how to deal with transitional provisions and Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard's amendments to the award modernisation request.
Monash IR academics call for greater dispute prevention role for FWA; Don't let AMWU misrepresentations influence Fair Work Bill, says Cochlear; NUW state branches accuse national union of asset "smash and grab"; Right to request too weak, says family expert; Right of entry provisions breach ALP IR mandate, says Minerals Council; Business Council seeking greater enterprise focus; Recruitment peak body says Fair Work agreements system not suited to on-hire work; and Sex workers seek to be covered by modern award safety net.
