Fair Work Australia is central to Labor's bid to deliver a simpler, more efficient IR framework, but could face challenges in meeting the ambitious objectives the Government has set for it, according to University of Adelaide professor of law, Andrew Stewart.
A council street sweeper who was sacked and reported to NSW’s anti-corruption commission for emptying a fast food outlet's bins in exchange for a cup of coffee should be reinstated, the State’s IRC has ruled.
The narrow scope of the Fair Work Act's "matters pertaining" requirement will restrict the inclusion of environmental sustainability clauses in enterprise bargaining agreements, according to a legal academic.
Employees in Goodman Fielder's fresh baking operations in NSW will be entitled to 12 weeks maternity leave or one week of paternity leave but will have a five month wait for their first pay rise under a two-year enterprise agreement the company has reached with the LHMU.
Private sector wage growth is showing the first tentative signs of easing, with ABS statistics today showing the first sub-1% quarterly growth since at least 2006.
A Toyota worker summarily dismissed after being involved in two violent incidents with a co-worker off-site and after his shift was over has won reinstatement and $32,304 compensation, after the AIRC found there was no valid reason for his sacking.
The Fair Work Act's good faith bargaining provisions would require parties to go through a "marathon" process before seeking a workplace determination, according to Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Bornstein.
While major planks of the Federal Government's new IR regime begin on July 1, the provisions that establish the institutional framework for the new system will take effect on Tuesday next week.
