The Queensland branches of the public service union and the LHMU are taking the first steps toward a possible merger, with plans to next year form a federation and share accommodation.
The Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal will give the public and stakeholders a chance to make oral submissions in a hearing in Brisbane today, before it decides whether to accept an application by Boeing for an exemption allowing it to discriminate in employment against citizens from 17 countries classified by the US military as a potential security risk.
Government to consider limits on union donations; AIRC to release priority modern awards tomorrow; Commission rejects CFMEU bid to confirm desal plant entry rights; and CFMEU official gets slap on the wrist for entry breach
Both the ACCI and AiG have welcomed the Federal Government's changes to the skilled migration program, which give priority to workers on employer-sponsored visas and those with occupations on a new critical skills list.
Labor's good faith bargaining regime gives employers the opportunity to take a proactive role in negotiations, but its requirements could also make it harder for employers to hold their position during bargaining, while the new majority rules laws could affect the way they structure their workforces, according to law firm DLA Phillips Fox.
The CFMEU's WA construction branch has told the state IRC's election inquiry that despite deficiencies in the union's administration that excluded members from seeking election or voting, it would be against the public interest to order a fresh ballot for positions in the state-registered union.
The NSW Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the NSW IRC full bench to insert "protective provisions" into a sacked accountant's employment contract, in a ruling that confirms the broad scope of the full bench's jurisdiction under the State IR Act.
There is no economic case for IR legislation that specifically targets the construction industry, according to Griffith University's Professor David Peetz, who has co-authored a paper that finds fundamental flaws with two Econtech reports that have been widely used to support an ongoing role for the ABCC.
A Tasmanian hotel owner who was last year fined $4,950 for AWA duress was yesterday penalised again over pressure put on another young worker at a different hotel to sign an individual contract.
CEPU and CPSU members employed at Telstra today took the first strike action in what is likely to be a hard fought industrial campaign at the national telco.
