The Senate committee inquiring into the Federal Government's amendments to temporary skilled migration visa laws - which include introducing fines for employers of up to $33,000 - has recommended the bill be passed but then reviewed within three years. However, it has also noted that a lot of key detail has been left to the regulations, which are yet to be finalised.
The ACTU and telecommunications consortium Terria have begun negotiating a memorandum of understanding to provide a basis for bargaining talks if it is selected to build the Federal Government's $4.7 billion National Broadband Network.
New Zealand's National Party - which has today made a deal to govern with the support of the ACT party following Saturday's election victory - has promised to introduce an optional three-month probation period for employees of small businesses and to allow cashing out of one week of annual leave.
Coles Group’s logistics operation has locked out about 150 employees at its Huntingwood distribution centre in western Sydney, in response to protected strikes over proposed rostering changes at the site.
Western Australia’s Barnett Government will commission a wide-ranging independent review of the state’s IR system, Commerce Minister Troy Buswell announced today, after revealing this week he was "highly unlikely" to refer the state’s IR powers to Canberra.
Don't dump paid maternity leave, say Broderick and Burrow; Government commits $22m to ABC Learning; and First book on Your Rights at Work campaign launched.
While the bulk of the $58.5m the Howard Government spent on its second round of Work Choices advertising went to the company with its media placement contract, Universal McCann, the latest DEEWR annual report also reveals that $3.387m went to the creators of the Work Choices "Know where you stand" campaign, Whybin TBWA, and $1.2m went to Open Mind Research for survey work before the introduction of the safety net.
Injunction granted against construction workers on North West Shelf oil and gas project; Long service leave case to SA Supreme Court; and Unfair workplace model does not give rise to dispute, court finds.
