Employees at the ACT Chief Minister's Department are the first of 10,000 Territory public servants to receive the benefits of a whole-of-government template agreement that delivers some key new work/life entitlements - including up to 12 weeks of purchased leave - and commits parties to consulting on further provisions, such as grandparental leave.
The NSW IRC can hear cases brought under the State IR Act's clauses that protect employees from victimisation if they make a safety complaint, because they are not excluded by s16 of the Workplace Relations Act, the NSW Industrial Court has found.
The Government should fund a national worker advocacy service to help employees bargain agreements and settle workplace disputes, including dismissals, according to University of NSW associate professor Joellen Riley.
The Business Coalition for Workplace Reform has confirmed one of its pro-Work Choices television advertisements is no longer on air after media reports alleging two actors portraying union thugs in the commercial were criminals.
Beazley criticises "employing class", as he says goodbye to politics; Contract cleaners also give up on AWAs; AIRC defines "conditions of employment" narrowly; and Vale, Tony McIntyre.
The DEWR has released the latest of its biennial reports on agreement-making under federal IR laws, but the ALP has already criticised some of its key findings and maintained the department "set out to deceive".
The Howard Government’s advertising campaign on the fairness test has backfired, with a third of those who’ve seen it saying they feel less favourable towards Work Choices, according to the ACTU’s pollster.
75% of maximum penalty for employer who threatened to turn workplace into concentration camp; CPSU and NAA agree to change agreement's duration, after DEWR objection; New deal takes effect for Murray Goulburn Water; and Rudd says Hendy a Liberal Party operative, but denies seeking his removal.
The Queensland Supreme Court has awarded costs against a mining labour hire company after it dropped its case for injunctions stopping two former employees from working for a competitor during the notice period of their resignations.
