MUA to strike on Melbourne docks; Gillard reintroduces Safe Work Australia bill; IR lawyers head to US for fact-finding mission on good faith bargaining; ETU's Williams retires; Restaurant operators fined $180,000 for wages shortfall
Victoria's Hazelwood Power station could face "operational problems" unless it addresses safety concerns stemming from a strike by emergency services officers, the union representing the workers says.
An advertising sales executive at a motoring magazine who was sacked for agitating to have his Mustang featured in an article has failed in an unfair dismissal claim, despite the AIRC finding he was denied procedural fairness in the termination process.
A police dog handler who was transferred out of the NSW Police Dog Unit for intentionally dropping puppies on the ground from height and firing his gun near a dog must be restored to his position, the NSW IRC has ruled, after finding that the allegations could not be proven.
The ACTU has welcomed the Rudd Government's focus on jobs in tonight's Budget, while employer groups said it was a "risky high-wire act" and a "sober reflection" of the global economic crisis.
The Federal Government has allocated an additional $149.7m over four years to implement its new workplace relations scheme – including an expected increase in unfair dismissal claims - with Fair Work Australia, the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Workplace Authority to receive an extra $56.6m between them in the next financial year. In its second Budget since winning office in 2007, federal Labor has also revealed more details of its paid parental leave scheme and announced a further 25,400 cut in skilled migration numbers.
Unions want construction company John Holland to pay $15,000 to each of 10 workers who were sacked and now face police charges as part of a settlement of the Westgate Bridge dispute, a document seen by Workplace Express reveals.
Qantas on-shores 500 jobs after maintenance deal reached; pilots vote up new agreement; Filipino ship crew call on WA unions for help; ACTU launches campaign for tougher national OHS laws; Sydney Ferries deal provides 7.5% increase; and New figures find a quarter of people working from home
