The Federal Government has warned the Australian Fair Pay Commission a cut in the real value of the minimum wage would be unlikely to create jobs and could further weaken the economy.
The Federal Government is seeking to amend its transitional legislation to clarify that Fair Work Australia will have the power to make demarcation orders when a turf dispute between unions is "threatened, impending or probable".
A court has awarded a former sales manager $20,000 in damages after finding he was induced to take the job because of misrepresentations by his employer about the bonus he would receive.
Gillard introduces further Fair Work amendments; 24-hour strike sends message to Telstra chief executive; Visa applications continue to fall; and Employers predict 3.6% wage growth next year
Victoria is expected to introduce legislation to State Parliament next week to provide for a new text-based referral of IR powers to Canberra and will also fast-track a new bilateral intergovernmental agreement on IR with Canberra, after the Federal Government introduced its state referrals legislation today.
The Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Bill 2009 introduced to Parliament this morning by Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard provides for Victoria's planned text-based referral of its IR powers to the Commonwealth and puts in place a framework for referrals by the other states.
The need for a second wave of IR reforms, government procurement policies, changes to independent contractors legislation and a new brand for the union movement will be on the agenda at next week's ACTU Congress.
Victoria's planned text-based referral of its IR system to the Commonwealth will be dealt with in Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard's second piece of transitional IR legislation, which she will introduce into parliament tomorrow morning.
Unions have welcomed Telstra's announcement that it will return to the bargaining table, but say it must prove it has left behind the aggressive IR tactics of the past if it is to regain their trust.
