Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard's direction to the ABCC that would have introduced safeguards on its use of coercive powers has been voted down in the Senate, with the Coalition today winning the backing of both Family First's Senator Steve Fielding and independent Senator Nick Xenophon to oppose it.
The Federal Court has found that two CFMEU organisers did not have the right to enter the Kurnell desalination plant site under NSW OHS laws, but ruled they did not breach federal IR laws or commit trespass when they did so.
Three of WA's state-owned power companies are moving to have their employees vote on non-union collective agreements before new federal IR laws commence next week.
Senior Victorian public servant Tim Lee will be Fair Work Australia's inaugural general manager and Nick Wilson will be the Fair Work Ombudsman, the Federal Government announced this afternoon.
The Opposition will today begin the process of seeking to disallow Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard's direction to ABC Commissioner John Lloyd to temper the way he uses his coercive powers.
Former Westpac head David Morgan has chided the Australian and US governments for their misguided attempts to curb executive remuneration, in a speech in which he revealed that he spent half his time as CEO on HR issues and identified three mistakes HR practitioners should try to avoid
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The formula for calculating the new high-income threshold, employers' record-keeping obligations and the method for deducting pay for partial work bans are all set out in the Federal Government's 142-page Fair Work Act Regulations, which are now available.
A pay deal for Australia Post's 32,000-plus employees remains elusive, with its key union's hopes now fading that the Fair Work Act's more liberal agreement content rules could help breathe new life into the negotiations.
A NSW doctor has failed in her claim that the state Department of Health's decision to deny her paid maternity leave constituted unlawful sex discrimination; and the AIRC has rejected a charity's argument that more than $5,000 an employee saved on FBT should be taken into account in calculating his salary for unfair dismissal purposes.
