Coalition senators on the committee inquiring into the Federal Government's safety net legislation have seemingly dealt with a number of major concerns raised over the bill via a broad recommendation on ensuring it meets its stated objectives, while they have also recommended that the Workplace Authority look at the length of agreements made under "exceptional circumstances".
AEC investigates ACTU election strategy; No fire from Gillard on ACA strategy report; Canadian court shows need for Australian employment rights charter, says AIER; and Maternity leave rally in Sydney.
The Federal Government has successfully argued that an AIRC finding that the Victorian State Library's sacking of an employee amounted to a dispute with the CPSU over the application of an agreement and was therefore within the Commission's jurisdiction should be quashed.
In his first speech after becoming the ACTU's secretary-elect, Jeff Lawrence has told a conference in Sydney today that he wants to see unions build national and international industry-focused campaigns and to mobilise their forces for the election.
Employers are offering non-wage incentives to attract scarce skilled labour, including retention bonuses and rental allowances, according to the results of Federal Treasury consultations with 90 businesses from around Australia.
LHMU national secretary Jeff Lawrence has been elected unopposed to replace Greg Combet as ACTU secretary later this year after he was the only candidate for the position when nominations closed at 5pm today.
An appeal next week against the AIRC's "operational reasons" decision in the Priceline case will determine if companies can make employees redundant and then readvertise their positions at lower pay, according to the senior lawyer involved.
The Howard Government today described a leaked ACTU political strategy manual as a "dirty tricks" manual designed to install Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd as a prime minister who would be a puppet of the union movement.
The OWS prosecution of Tristar Suspension and Steering will proceed on July 16 after the Federal Court yesterday dismissed the company's attempt to have it struck out.
The WA IRC has today increased minimum award rates by a flat $24 a week, taking the State's minimum wage to $528.40 - an increase of nearly 4.8% or 1.3% in real terms taking into account Perth's CPI inflation rate of 3.5%.
