The Rudd Government's substantive IR legislation is likely to mark the end of 20 years of "chopping and changing" of industrial laws, Sydney University Professor of Law, Ron McCallum, told IR practitioners in Sydney last week.
IR legislation to hit Parliament tomorrow; ACTU and CFMEU launch new tv commercials; Nothing fundamentally wrong with for-profit childcare: Gillard; Buswell considers 'workplace surveillance team' to replace ABCC; Make Federal Magistrates Court into a second-tier Federal Court: report; NSW Catholic school teachers to stop work; and Employer sacked me for refusing new AWA, says salesperson.
The NSW IRC has reinstated a truck driver, after major transport company Linfox Pty Ltd failed to establish that he breached its “three strikes and you're out" policy when he allegedly crashed his rig five times over a three-year period.
As the trial of the CFMEU's Noel Washington draws nearer, construction unions are planning protest rallies around the country, with the VTHC predicting 30,000-40,000 will march in Melbourne alone.
Vote in Telstra protected action ballot starts tomorrow; VTHC leads protest to Gillard's office; Ernies going strong 16 years on; Deloitte wins gong for commitment to women in the workplace; LHMU calls for childcare sector reform as second provider collapses; ASU launches call centre campaign; ACTU backs 18 weeks paid maternity leave; Wilkinson appointed new NZ labour minister
Reynolds over the line in CFMEU WA election, Oliver gets up in Victoria; NSW passes law to keep local government workers in state system; and Opposition accuses Labor of breaching policy in four areas.
A CFMEU organiser breached entry laws when he conducted a safety walk and spoke to employees during two visits to a NSW construction site, the AIRC full bench has found.
A former senior manager with Encyclopaedia Britannica has won a redundancy payout equivalent to nine months wages after the NSW Supreme Court rejected the company's claim that he was sacked on performance grounds.
