Employers are set to face higher superannuation demands from unions in coming enterprise bargaining rounds, as the ACTU executive meeting today votes on a resolution to seek 12% contributions by 2012.
Construction employers that engage workers on a daily hire basis will be locked out of using the Rudd Government's transitional individual statutory agreements, according to the Master Builders Association.
Individual contract pioneer Rio Tinto wants the Rudd Government to expand coverage of its proposed ITEAs to former employees and non-AWA workers, speed up approval times and make all agreements operative from their date of lodgement.
Mining employers are pushing for the Rudd Government to amend its transitional IR legislation to provide a judicial appeal mechanism against award designations by the Workplace Authority.
The USU has accused NSW's Iemma Government of failing to support a Queensland Government proposal for immediate national legislation to exclude local councils from the federal IR system.
In proposing a raft of changes to the Rudd Government's transitional IR laws, the SDA has branded the proposed award modernisation process "impossible" and called for improved employee and union consultation procedures.
The Rudd Government's transitional IR bill should be amended to require employees to lodge statutory declarations approving any trade-offs for non-monetary benefits in workplace agreements before assessment against the new no disadvantage test, according to Monash University workplace lecturer Carolyn Sutherland.
John Holland says in a submission to the federal government that after a year in the Comcare scheme, the company has improved its safety performance and achieved significant savings. It also seeks to debunk what it says are myths about Comcare - that it only covers low-risk industries and that it has fewer inspectors than state and territory schemes.
