The AIRC has revoked a CFMEU organiser’s entry permit until the end of October – a long way short of the February 2009 date sought by the ABCC - in the first ruling under Work Choices’ s770 “abuse of system” provisions. And in a finding that will embarrass the ABCC, the Commission has criticised it for presenting its case in a way calculated to cast the organiser in the worst possible light.
Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey has accused Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd of lying in a new television commercial in which he seeks to sell Labor's IR policy to the public and distinguish Labor's approach from that of the Coalition.
The Ford Motor Company cannot end stand downs of around 1,850 employees at its Victorian car plants tomorrow, despite winning the first third-party application against industrial action under Work Choices last night.
A Telstra worker sacked for allegedly damaging and stealing a security camera will have to pay costs that might exceed $50,000, after the AIRC found his unfair dismissal case was “manifestly untenable or groundless”.
Influential left-wing union leader Michele O'Neil has attacked the ALP's new union right of entry and AWA phaseout policies announced yesterday by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd and Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard.
The CEPU has applied for a secret ballot to authorise industrial action including stoppages of four, 24 and 48 hours by Australia Post employees, after unions and the employer failed to strike a new agreement despite 11 months of negotiations.
Employer bodies the AiG and BCA say Labor has made some progress with its further announcement on IR policy today, while the ACTU is unhappy about the "drawn out" transitional arrangements and wants AWAs phased out faster.
An ALP Government will remove employees earning $100,000 from the awards system; retain Work Choices’ right of entry and pattern bargaining provisions; keep the secondary boycott laws in the Trade Practices Act; complete the bulk of its award simplification process in two years; allow AWAs to run their full five year-terms; and allow employers in AWA workplaces to continue to offer them to new workers during a transition period, Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd and Deputy Leader Julia Gillard announced today.
The WA IRC has dismissed an unfair dismissal application from a GP's former practice manager because she breached her obligation of fidelity to her employer by reporting complaints to an external professional body without consulting him first.
The Workplace Ombudsman won’t be taking any action against WorkDirections - the employment services company owned by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd’s wife – after an audit revealed workers have been paid correctly in recent months.
