The WO has launched a sham contracting case against a Sydney finance company, in what appears to be the first use of amendments introduced by Kevin Andrews when he was the Howard Government's workplace relations minister.
While debate on the Labor Government's new unfair dismissal laws has focussed on the restoration of rights to employees who had no redress under Work Choices, the Fair Work Bill actually removes many workers' existing rights to a notice period, an employment lawyer has pointed out.
The AIRC award modernisation full bench today published a full list of the 39 industries and occupations, and their relevant awards and NAPSAs, to be dealt with in the biggest part of the process - stage three. It has also revised its timetable to provide an extra sitting week during both the pre-drafting and exposure draft consultations.
In the wake of announcing yesterday that WA won’t refer its IR powers to Canberra, state Commerce Minister Troy Buswell has today called for the Federal Government to allow employment to be made conditional on signing an individual flexibility agreement, and revealed that he wants similar provisions in the state’s individual agreements stream, which will get a makeover.
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The Workplace Relations Act precludes employees from using the WA IR Act to bring denial of contractual benefit claims against constitutional corporations, the State IRC full bench has found.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has called on the Federal Government to clarify an area of the Fair Work Bill that employers have been highly critical of - unions' right to inspect both members' and non-members' records - because it may give access to a broader range of records than necessary.
It is understandable that employers could come to the conclusion that the Fair Work Bill’s right of entry provisions are inconsistent with Forward with Fairness, but their concerns are not borne out on closer examination, University of Adelaide Professor of Law, Andrew Stewart, told a Senate inquiry in Adelaide yesterday.
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An election for the state registered CFMEU in WA should go ahead so members can judge the actions of secretary Kevin Reynolds and his executive, the State IRC has ruled.
