In a bid to prevent Tristar-type arrangments, the Government will support Family First Senator Steve Fielding's amendment to the fairness test bill to double the protected period for redundancy benefits after a transmission of business from 12 months to two years.
Big employers more concerned about IR than small businesses: ACCI survey; Future of awards the "silent sleeper" in fairness test debate, says Parliamentary Library; Telstra calls for changes to fairness test on AWA base pay; Tribunal supports positive discrimination in recruitment; Workplace sex harassment and discrimination case fails; Harper to explain 2007 minimum wage decision; and Australian employees download less p--n: survey.
Employers face being fined if they don't give their employees a Workplace Authority fact sheet under planned government amendments to the fairness test bill.
The dismissal by Boeing Australia of an employee who refused three reassignment requests was not for operational reasons, the AIRC has found. But another operational reasons matter has gone the employer's way, with the Commission holding as not relevant to the case the way an employee was treated during an organisational change.
Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens today said he suspected that labour market change – including restrained wages growth - was partly responsible for Australia's better than expected economic performance.
Coalition senators on the committee inquiring into the Federal Government's safety net legislation have seemingly dealt with a number of major concerns raised over the bill via a broad recommendation on ensuring it meets its stated objectives, while they have also recommended that the Workplace Authority look at the length of agreements made under "exceptional circumstances".
AEC investigates ACTU election strategy; No fire from Gillard on ACA strategy report; Canadian court shows need for Australian employment rights charter, says AIER; and Maternity leave rally in Sydney.
The Federal Government has successfully argued that an AIRC finding that the Victorian State Library's sacking of an employee amounted to a dispute with the CPSU over the application of an agreement and was therefore within the Commission's jurisdiction should be quashed.
