In what is believed to be the first such arrangement, construction giant John Holland is bypassing industry redundancy funds and instead making a weekly contribution on behalf of its employees on the $4.1 billion Brisbane airport extension project directly into a Commonwealth Bank account.
The Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal has found a floor coverings company and its director victimised a female employee when they sacked her because of a sexual harassment complaint she made that was ultimately found to be unsubstantiated.
The streamlined equal employment opportunity reporting obligations introduced by the Howard Government provide employers with a smokescreen that hides the reality of their EEO efforts, according to a university researcher who scrutinised the practices of a major Australian financial services company.
The CPSU had an early win in legal action today that could turn out to be a test case on the legality of Telstra's non-union agreement roll-out strategy.
The national OHS review panel has recommended against giving unions a NSW-style right to initiate OHS prosecutions under a harmonised national safety system.
Building major John Holland has warned of turf wars, demarcation disputes, additional court and tribunal hearings and uncertainty if existing union coverage demarcations in the construction sector are lost as proposed under the award modernisation process.
CFMEU (construction division) WA assistant secretary Joe McDonald faces up to 12 months in jail and a $12,000 fine after WA's Court of Appeal found him guilty of trespass yesterday.
The DEEWR has produced a detailed table comparing the new NES entitlements with minimum conditions in States and Territories throughout Australia and has also told the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations committee inquiry into the Fair Work Bill that the legislation's pattern bargaining and industrial action rules comply with ILO conventions despite their restrictions.
The AIRC's President, Justice Geoffrey Giudice, has accepted the role as the first President of Fair Work Australia, which is to be established by the Fair Work Bill.
