The "operational reasons" exclusion under Work Choices has freed employers to restructure their operations by dismissing employees or making them redundant without facing an unfair dismissal action, according to a new university study.
Bargaining stalemate at Foster’s; QCU joins IR ad campaign; Hockey welcomes strike figures; ACCI compares parties’ IR policies; AIRC and IRSV rekease conference details; and Mussert opts for quieter life.
The MEAA and CPSU have struck a new three-year enterprise deal that will boost paid parental leave and deliver a first year pay rise of 3% plus a $850 sign-on bonus to about 1,300 Channel Seven employees.
Victorian electrical contracting workers yesterday voted up a deal for the sector that the ETU and NECA have spent nearly two years negotiating following Federal Government changes to the construction code of practice.
A year after the ACCC launched its secondary boycott action against the CFMEU (construction division), the Federal Court has allowed a former ACT branch official to withdraw an earlier admission.
The DEWR discriminated against union members when it advised Australian Public Service agencies to refuse leave to employees who planned to attend a national protest against Work Choices in November 2005, the Federal Court has ruled today.
Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard and Victorian IR Minister Rob Hulls have launched the Australian Institute of Employment Rights' book, Australian Charter of Employment Rights in Melbourne tonight.
The Workplace Authority has finalised Fairness Test assessments on 12,749 of the 123,100 agreements lodged since the test began on May 7, according to the first monthly statistics released today.
Labor’s softening of its IR policy has been exploited today by the Greens, who have launched a new campaign that seeks to persuade electors to vote for them in the Senate if they want Work Choices “ripped up” rather than the ALP’s “lite” version.
