Foreign workers on a gas pipeline project off the Western Australian coast who received between $4.20 and $10.20 an hour because they held 456 short-stay visas should have been issued with 457 visas, according to the Workplace Ombudsman.
Bovis Lend Lease has won final orders prohibiting industrial action on its Melbourne sites over the introduction of the Blue Glue swipe-card system, with the AIRC rejecting building unions' arguments that the company's directions to use the cards were unlawful.
The Workplace Ombudsman has lodged an appeal against the Federal Court's ruling that Tristar acted lawfully when it failed to retrench its remaining employees, denying them meaningful work.
Post Logistics Australasia customers could face service disruptions this month after the AIRC approved an NUW bid to seek authorisation for indefinite strikes at four of the company’s NSW sites.
The share of the economy going to profits has hit the highest level since the ABS started keeping records in 1959, while the share allocated to wages has hit a new 43-year low, today's National Accounts data has revealed.
Inflation to fall if wages stay under control, says RBA; AIG urges care with Fair Dismissal Code; Blue Glue dispute in Federal Court on Friday; Correction to Fairfax article; Power unions seek answers from NSW Government; NSW teachers back further industrial action; Victorian family anti-discrimination laws take effect; and Politicians on the catwalk.
Former AMWU national secretary Doug Cameron told the Senate in his maiden speech yesterday evening that the ABCC would be in his sights until its abolition in January 2010.
