Mining employers are pushing for the Rudd Government to amend its transitional IR legislation to provide a judicial appeal mechanism against award designations by the Workplace Authority.
The USU has accused NSW's Iemma Government of failing to support a Queensland Government proposal for immediate national legislation to exclude local councils from the federal IR system.
In proposing a raft of changes to the Rudd Government's transitional IR laws, the SDA has branded the proposed award modernisation process "impossible" and called for improved employee and union consultation procedures.
The Rudd Government's transitional IR bill should be amended to require employees to lodge statutory declarations approving any trade-offs for non-monetary benefits in workplace agreements before assessment against the new no disadvantage test, according to Monash University workplace lecturer Carolyn Sutherland.
John Holland says in a submission to the federal government that after a year in the Comcare scheme, the company has improved its safety performance and achieved significant savings. It also seeks to debunk what it says are myths about Comcare - that it only covers low-risk industries and that it has fewer inspectors than state and territory schemes.
Spotlight dismissal for "honest" breach of company policy not unfair; Sackings over damaging company property and dishonesty were valid; Lack of award-derived conditions excludes senior bank employee's unfair dismissal application; and Sacking of sleeping guard upheld.
In what the SDA believes is the largest private sector agreement in Australia, some 90,000 employees at Coles and Bi-Lo stores around the country are voting on a deal struck with the union that delivers a 10.4% pay rise over the next three years.
