The Federal Government will make a decision "in the next month or so" on trialling a guest worker scheme based on the New Zealand model, but has warned employers that it won't provide them with cheap labour and that they would bear the bulk of the costs of establishing it.
Bench confirms appeals available on extensions of time; High Court refuses special leave against CFMEU false imprisonment case; Wages share of economy reaches 43-year low; Productivity up 2%, unit labour costs up marginally in year to March; Della Bosca under fire; and ACTU's Walton moving to APESMA.
A Sydney barrister engaged in professional misconduct by misleading the AIRC when he wrongly blamed his client's mental state for the late lodgement of an unfair dismissal claim in 1999, the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal has found.
Legal representatives should not be excluded from unfair dismissal trials under Labor's post-2010 IR regime, according to the retired judge commissioned by the Rudd Government to investigate and report on the new Fair Work Australia division that will replace the ABCC.
The Federal Government in its post-Budget submission to the Fair Pay Commission has again not put a dollar figure on what pay rise it supports for low wage earners, saying, as it did first time round, that they should receive an "appropriate increase in minimum wages".
A former school teacher who resigned after being overworked, harassed and victimised has won a damages payout of almost $400,000, after a court found the South Australia's education department breached the implied common law duty of mutual trust and confidence.
Former ACTU secretary Bill Kelty and the man who led the Coalition to a unanimous High Court victory in the Work Choices challenge, David Bennett QC, have been recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday honours list.
An employee dismissed for failing to return to work on time after becoming sick while overseas has won 13 weeks compensation pay plus outstanding sick leave, the AIRC has ruled.
Qantas, unions to talk again next week; Holden to close engine plant, shed jobs; Seafarers can't refuse to board, says AIRC; WA IRC declares teacher bargaining over; No backdown from Rudd on public servant work hours; Nelson reiterates Coalition's IR position; and What price dinner with the Minister?
Jump in disputes in March quarter; PC advocates sticking to timetable for phasing out car industry assistance; Patrick terminal workers vote up new agreement; Qantas flags further cuts to services, jobs; Business has more influence on Government than ACTU, says Mighell; He's right, say Greens; Coalition spent $137m promoting Work Choices; NSW Budget further strains relationship with unions; Howes speaks in Fiji on Pacific Island seasonal workers; Anderson re-elected to ILO; Federal Court orders costs against CFMEU; and Registrations now open for National Ride to Work Day 2008
