The Rudd Government has commissioned the Productivity Commission to review the regulatory framework for executive remuneration, and has appointed former ACCC chair Alan Fels to assist the nine-month inquiry. Meanwhile, the Government has also announced new measures to contain "excessive" golden handshakes.
As the 16-month-old Rudd Government prepares to decide how much of the Cole construction industry IR architecture to retain, the US Obama administration has swiftly moved to remove the Bush administration's ban on making "project labour agreements" with unions for federally-funded construction jobs.
The Federal Government will provide for an interim review of modern awards and IFAs after two years and axe the ability for conscientious objectors to block entry to their premises, as part of a deal for the Greens to support the passage of the Fair Work Bill through the Senate. However, the arrangement could still come unstuck if the Government backtracks on unfair dismissal.
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The Coalition has approved three further amendments to the Federal Government's Fair Work Bill - on award modernisation, independent contractors and workplace bargaining - but it did not during its joint party room meeting today decide which way to vote on the legislation.
The Federal Government has agreed to support a right of entry amendment to its Fair Work Bill by Senator Steve Fielding that gives unions investigating a suspected breach access to non-members' records only if those non-members give written consent or with permission from Fair Work Australia.
The Opposition has moved to increase the small business unfair dismissal threshold and limit union entry rights in its proposed amendments to the Fair Work Bill.
