The operation of good faith bargaining orders under the Fair Work Bill represents uncharted territory that could extend to blocking employer moves to replace their workforce during a lockout, DEEWR officials said today.
The DEEWR has produced a document comparing the Fair Work Bill's right of entry requirements with those under Work Choices, the pre-2005 Workplace Relations Act and the former Labor Government's IR Act.
DEEWR officials this morning revealed to a Senate committee that the Fair Work Bill's explanatory memorandum was "not entirely accurate" in explaining the application of the new no disadvantage test to greenfields agreements, as the Coalition vowed that it wouldn't stand in the way of legislative provisions that would give Work Choices "a decent burial".
A call centre company's efforts to find new jobs for 56 redundant employees did not mean it could avoid paying them severance pay, the Federal Court has found.
Telstra workers to impose bans on weekend; Climate change derails HR Nicholls' IR warriors; NSW Industrial registrar departs as commission prepares to tighten belt; and Federal Government to temporarily support 241 "unprofitable" ABC Learning child care centres.
Zinifex, the former operator of a Hobart zinc smelter, has been ordered to pay $15,000 for applying duress to force labour hire employees to sign an AWA that removed their overtime penalties.
A review of the Fair Work Bill and the union movement's response to the global financial crisis dominated the first day of the ACTU’s executive meeting in Melbourne today.
Shadow Workplace Relations Minister Michael Keenan has pledged the Opposition will not "unnecessarily frustrate" Labor's Fair Work Bill but maintained that "things look gloomy" given the Federal Government's approach to negotiations on other pieces of legislation.
Unfinished business after Fair Work Bill on ACTU executive's agenda; Service sector examples convinced Howard on 100-employee exemption; No room for bargaining fees under Fair Work Bill: Gillard; Victoria University staff plan further industrial action; and AWU launches new union for stable workers.
