Retired Federal Court judge Murray Wilcox QC - whose recommendations underpinned the Federal Government's construction sector IR bill - and former NUW national secretary Greg Sword are among those recognised in yesterday's Australia Day awards.
Legislation could be required to ensure the validity of some enterprise agreements if an appeal fails to overturn a recent Fair Work Australia decision requiring all agreements to contain a clause providing for the arbitration of disputes.
Fair Work Australia in two recent decisions has shed light on the steps unions must take to successfully seek a majority support determination, including the evidence required and the significance of non-permitted content.
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A Queensland IR firm has written to Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard urgently requesting that she produce regulations to clarify which of the State's community sector employers have to pay the significant wage increases flowing from last year's Queensland IRC pay equity decisions.
A bargaining representative can seek non-permitted content and at the same time still be genuinely trying to reach agreement, a Fair Work Australia full bench has ruled.
Regulations that require FWA to conduct the BOOT for each year of an agreement's term if the relevant modern award contains transitional provisions have significantly moved the goal posts for post-January 1 deals, according to an IR practitioner.
Enterprise agreements must include a dispute resolution term that enables disputes about the agreement or NES to be settled by arbitration, Fair Work Australia has ruled.
Thiess Degremont has secured an enterprise agreement for work on the Wonthaggi desalination plant in Victoria, but while the AWU has dropped its bid for a representation order to settle the demarcations on the project, underlying tensions remain in its relationship with the CFMEU.
