Small employers will be able to seek grants of up to $15,000 to develop and implement family friendly workplace policies, under a newly-launched federal government program.
The NSW Court of Appeal has ruled that a 30-month restraint imposed on a former executive with a financial services firm is reasonable and should not be overturned.
Coalition senators on the Fair Work Bill inquiry have acknowledged the Government's mandate for IR change and confined their criticism of the legislation to where they maintain it is flawed, unfair, or beyond Forward with Fairness, in a restrained dissenting report. The Labor senators, meanwhile, have recommended only technical amendments to the bill, while the Greens have argued for more substantial change.
Decision next week in CFMEU contempt case; Destruction order for CFMEU delegate's code overturned; Queensland unions launch TV and viral campaigns against LNP; and CPSU members vote up DEEWR agreement
The ACTU has accused business of using the global financial crisis as a cover for unnecessary job cuts, and labelled a "corporate crime" Pacific Brands' confluence of executive salary increases, taxpayer subsidies and manufacturing job losses.
Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard has provided new details on the content and confirmed dates for the introduction of Labor's two transitional IR bills.
The ABCC has issued subpoenas against Workplace Express and a News Ltd publication for all notes and records used in articles on the Westgate Bridge dispute, in an action described as "extraordinary" by chair of the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations committee Senator Gavin Marshall.
AIRC ranks get thinner; Wilcox review debate in Sydney next week; Fair Work Bill and maternity leave inquiry reports imminent; and New role for Combet.
