The Opposition has this afternoon notified the Senate that it will refer the Rudd Government's transitional IR bill to a Senate inquiry, with a reporting date of Monday, April 28.
The Reserve Bank has today warned that a wage/price spiral could result if inflation isn't tamed, while the Fair Pay Commission has begun the consultation process for its 2008 minimum wage review.
A Victorian local government authority has won exemptions from the state's anti-discrimination laws to introduce a phased retirement scheme for employees aged over 55.
The sacking of a petrol station attendant for buying himself a packet of cigarettes at a promotional discount price that saved him $2.40 – in breach of staff policy - was not harsh or disproportionate, the AIRC has ruled.
In an apparent bid to encourage Coalition senators to cross the floor to support the axing of AWAs under Labor's transitional IR Bill, Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard has offered individual briefings on the legislation to all Opposition senators and members.
A Woolworths manager with over 20 years' service who was sacked last year for drinking two full-strength beers at lunchtime has lost his appeal against the decision.
Mining union leader Tony Maher says labour ministers and unions will play an increasing role in the “business end” of the world's response to climate change and in the massive global restructuring that will follow.
A full bench of the AIRC has upheld a company's appeal against an earlier finding that it didn't adequately establish that a dismissal was for operational reasons and therefore exempt under Work Choices' termination of employment laws - which will remain in force until the ALP's substantive IR changes take effect.
Victoria's Office of Police Integrity (OPI) has recommended that criminal charges be considered against Victoria Police Association secretary, Senior Sergeant Paul Mullett.
