The LHMU's applications for majority support declarations for 12 hotels across Australia have today been adjourned for four weeks, after a preliminary hearing by Fair Work Australia in Sydney.
Unions will be able to seek greater control over hiring and firing arrangements on building sites, but remain subject to tough freedom of association requirements, under the federal government's new construction code guidelines.
The Fair Pay Commission's decision this week to freeze minimum wages was partly informed by a consultant's report that warned an increase could lead to the loss of up to 20,000 jobs, with the pain borne most heavily by workers dependent on pay scales.
Ikea will boost paid parental leave to 26 weeks and do away with lower rates of pay for younger employees under a new three-year enterprise agreement with the SDA.
In an interlocutory ruling, the Federal Court has reinstated two electricians who were dismissed after giving evidence against their employer in industrial law proceedings.
NSW police officers say they will take industrial action from 6pm today unless the State Government commits to wage talks within parameters set by the IRC.
A revised version of the Fair Work Regulations has been made available on Comlaw today, but there is still no sign of consolidated versions of the Fair Work Act or the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act.
The Federal Government and the ACTU have condemned the Fair Pay Commission's decision not to increase minimum wages, but the AiG said the move was understandable and ACCI that it was good for jobs.
