Demand for 457 visas tumble; No complaints over protests: ABCC; IR laws gave Rio Tinto upper hand in train drivers' strike: CFMEU; Registrations for ACTU National Congress open; and Clarification on Fair Work Australia conciliator application dates
Employer failed to find acceptable alternative work, says AIRC; Company didn't know sacked HR manger was pregnant, tribunal finds; and Couple's victimisation complaint to be part-heard again
Construction unions today said they would launch a concerted industrial campaign against the ABCC, as thousands of workers across the country rallied in memory of those who have died at work.
The owners of a heavy machinery dealership worth millions could not succeed in their unfair contracts claim because of the entrepreneurial nature of their work, the NSW Court of Appeal has found.
Gillard should stop construction strike: Keenan; Paramedics launch breakaway association; Full bench confirms use-it or lose-it ballot rule; and Rostering changes must wait for privatisation: NSW IRC
The AIRC full bench has ruled that an employer was justified in summarily dismissing one of its employees, even though key details of the worker's misconduct emerged only after he had been sacked.
Bargaining at a number of universities looks set to flare into industrial action next month, with NTEU members at the University of Sydney this week voting to take industrial action and the union lodging ballot applications for several other institutions.
Strike on the agenda for Victorian ambulance workers; CFMEU rejects claims of bikie presence at Westgate protest; Unions and employers call for greater for skills investment; and Australian economy to shrink 1.4% this year: IMF
Qantas has launched legal action in the Federal Court seeking common law damages and other penalties against the TWU over a wildcat strike by its members at airports across the country in late March.
