An AIRC full bench has directed Industrial Registrar Doug Williams to provide better reasons for refusing to approve payment of the CFMEU's costs of engaging an authorised ballot agent at $500 an hour and insisting the bill be reduced by two-thirds.
Productivity has slowed, says Stevens; Former minister blames Ludwig for career demise; No plans to increase tax on executive salaries, says Tanner; IR not in Opposition's book of broken promises; Parliament House officially breastfeeding-friendly; and Coalition, Greens and Xenophon says Gillard stubborn on OHS.
A former electricity meter reader has had his claim for underpayment rejected after the Federal Court ruled there was no transmission of business between his employer and the utility that outsourced the work.
The ABCC lifted its compliance activities to new record levels over the past the six months, with building sites in Victoria and Queensland receiving the closest attention.
Unions NSW assistant secretary Mark Lennon looks likely to replace incumbent John Robertson, who will take the State Upper House seat vacated by former Treasurer Michael Costa.
Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard has declined to comment on speculation that a two year cut-off for old workplace agreements has been included in the Government's draft substantive IR legislation.
Rio train drivers going out for 24 hours-plus; AIRC rejects implied statutory duty to bargain in good faith; Court delays NUW referendum; Global inequality getting worse, says ILO; Moses takes silk; Thistlethwaite primed for top NSW ALP job; DEEWR has no guidelines for purchasing carbon offsets; Portfolio “a dream come true”, says Gillard; and Government to link bank risk profile to executive remuneration.
Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard has accused the Opposition of "playing politics" after it helped to pass Senate amendments designed to secure greater representation for the ACTU and ACCI on the Government's proposed federal OHS agency, Safe Work Australia.
A full bench of the Federal Court has allowed an appeal by a motel penalised $19,000 for underpaying an employee it made redundant, while a Darwin company that refused to back pay three teenage fast food workers less than $3,000 has been fined $45,000.
