AIRC to rule on power to intervene in Telstra dispute; RBA says wages contained and likely to remain that way; No negative impact on economy or jobs from safety net rise, says AFPC; and Parliamentary Library publishes new primer on superannuation.
Qantas faces the prospect of serious disruptions to its maintenance operations if engineering storeworkers vote to take indefinite strike action in a postal ballot to be held next week.
New uncertainty surrounds the Federal Governent’s proposal for a national IR system for the private sector, with WA Labor facing the possibility of losing power and NSW – the leader of the push to drive a hard bargain with Canberra – likely to get a new IR minister tomorrow.
CPSU considers plan for more centralised bargaining, as nominations open for union election; Work Choices behind my Senate move, says Farrell; Court gives WO chance to fix "deficient" application; and Latest Garnaut report says climate change inaction would cut wages by 12%.
CFMEU (mining & energy division) delegates from Swiss-based Xstrata Coal's operations around Australia have endorsed a campaign against what the union claims is the company's declared preference for pursuing individual over collective agreements.
Foreign workers on a gas pipeline project off the Western Australian coast who received between $4.20 and $10.20 an hour because they held 456 short-stay visas should have been issued with 457 visas, according to the Workplace Ombudsman.
Bovis Lend Lease has won final orders prohibiting industrial action on its Melbourne sites over the introduction of the Blue Glue swipe-card system, with the AIRC rejecting building unions' arguments that the company's directions to use the cards were unlawful.
The Workplace Ombudsman has lodged an appeal against the Federal Court's ruling that Tristar acted lawfully when it failed to retrench its remaining employees, denying them meaningful work.
