Failure to lodge AWAs costs employer $5,500; Union drops case against employer's refusal to deduct dues; Building company ordered to pay sacked apprentice $5,000 in super and redundancy; and Re-employment for worker sacked after three heavy vehicle crashes.
AIRC sets up award modernisation website, releases list of awards; Deegan to review integrity of 457 visa system; and New head of state a former sex discrimination commissioner.
The Federal Court has ordered Central Queensland University to pay the NTEU $6,600 for failing to properly consult it about staff cuts last year in breach of their collective agreement. An extra $400 in fines is to be paid to the Commonwealth.
Federal Court orders $28,500 in damages and penalties against CFMEU; NSW Government supports $20-a-week increase, as claims made in other States; Correction - Domino's not first on fast food paid maternity leave; Summit background papers available; and Change at top at SA Police Association.
An AIRC full bench has upheld a decision to compensate rather than reinstate a belligerent and obstructive employee, despite accepting that it would have been justified to dismiss her on the grounds of misconduct.
Domino's pizza chain has joined the groundswell in support of paid maternity leave, announcing today that it was offering the benefit - plus paid partner leave - to the 200 permanent employees at its head office.
Pay increased at 3.8% a year in December quarter federal enterprise agreements, slightly lower than the previous quarter, according to DEEWR data that is likely to allay Reserve Bank concerns about a wages breakout. The data shows that a large number of retail agreements in the quarter moderated the average increase.
The MBA has called for the exclusion of portable state and territory long service leave schemes from any national system; recognition of construction industry annual leave arrangements for Christmas shutdowns; retention of the ten day personal leave cap; an exemption for small business from paying pregnant employees who can't be found a safe job; and for employees to be able to trade off the legislative standards during bargaining.
