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Qantas engineering facing industrial action if bargaining stalls

The licenced aircraft engineers' union will next week consider whether to take industrial action at Qantas maintenance facilities, if the company doesn't make a pay offer when the parties meet tomorrow.

News in brief, February 7, 2007

Employers of unlawful migrant workers face jail, penalties; and professional salaries to grow 15% in 2007, says recruitment company.

NT nurses to vote on work bans

Public sector nurses in the Northern Territory will next week begin voting on industrial action, including bans on overtime and non-nursing duties, after rejecting the government's 3% pay rise offer.

Woolworths loses bid to restrain former executive

Woolworths has lost a bid for an interlocutory injunction to stop a former executive working for Myer after the NSW Supreme Court found there was insufficient evidence of direct competition between the supermarket and department store businesses.

News in brief, February 6, 2007

Wage growth accelerating, says NAB; Tripartite push in NZ for "decent work"; and Qantas rejects claims that aircraft engineers put under pressure.

ALP and Coalition battle over Tristar and Billy's AWA

Tristar and the Billy Schultze AWA were the focus of the Coalition and ALP's IR battle when federal parliament resumed today after the summer break.

University to pay $20,000 for not providing details of sexual harassment claims

The University of Western Australia has been ordered to pay $20,000 to an academic it suspended without pay over sexual harassment allegations because it failed to provide details of the complaints made against him.

BP to face court over alleged unlawful AWA duress

The OWS has begun court action against BP for allegedly applying undue pressure to two under-18 petrol station attendants to sign AWAs.

Qantas bid faces conditions and delays under FIRB review

Australian Airline Partners' bid to buy Qantas faces new conditions and delays after the private equity consortium agreed to a voluntary review by the Foreign Investment Review Board, while a new poll commissioned by unions shows four out of five people in key marginal seats are opposed to the takeover.

One-sided AWAs disadvantaging workers, says Queensland Work Choices inquiry

Queensland IR Minister John Mickel has today backed a call by an inquiry into Work Choices to set up a statutory authority modelled on the Victorian Workplace Rights Advocate.

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