Statutory individual contracts underpinned by an "appropriate" safety net will be part of the Coalition's IR platform at the next election, Oppposition Deputy Leader Julie Bishop said today.
A consolidated version of the Workplace Relations Act is now available that incorporates the changes brought about by the Rudd Government’s transitional IR legislation.
AIRC registry staff are classifying awards into the Commission’s panels of industries, while the President, Justice Geoffrey Giudice, will in coming weeks convene a meeting of the ACTU, AIG and ACCI as the massive award modernisation process gets underway.
The CFMEU has won a $7,000 fine against a NSW painting business for sacking an employee because he took time off for an injury, despite the company's argument that it dismissed him because it had ceased operating.
The Rudd Government, in its formal request for the AIRC to begin the award modernisation process, hasn't responded to calls to amend the requirement to not disadvantage employees while not increasing employers' costs, nor has it responded to pleas for state-based award differentials to be maintained beyond the five-year deadline.
Serco Sodexho Defence Services has been fined $7,500 for applying duress to a 19-year-old employee by threatening to dismiss her unless she signed an AWA, in a case that demonstrates employers' confusion over Work Choices.
Amid uncertainty about the future role of the NSW Commission under a national IR system, Justice Roger Boland has been promoted to president, following the resignation in February of the former incumbent, Justice Lance Wright.
The Rudd Government's proposed National Employment Standards could stymie hours flexibility in the resources sector, according to its peak employer body.
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