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Fairness test will eliminate AWA on-hire employment: RCSA

The proposed fairness test would effectively eliminate the use of AWAs for on-hire employment by recruitment agencies, according to the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association.

No change to fairness test's income cap, says Hockey

Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey today ruled out changing the way the fairness test's income test is set.

Is giving employees what they already had "fair compensation"?

The Coalition's proposed fairness test leaves unclear whether employers would be able to offer entitlements that employees already had as "fair compensation" for conditions that were taken away, according to Flinders University's Professor Andrew Stewart.

Time lost to industrial disputes cut in half in first year of Work Choices

Industrial disputes have fallen to a record low after a year of Work Choices, with just 110,000 days lost in 133 disputes over 12 months.

New record high for company profits after first year of Work Choices

The profit share of national income grew to a record high of 28.1% in trend terms after 12 months of Work Choices, while the wages share fell to a 30-year low of 53.3% according to the ABS.

St George provides unpaid leave for grandparents

Almost 9,000 employees at St George now have access to up 12 months' unpaid grandparental leave to help them take care of their grandchildren.

AMMA calls for review process for fairness test

The government's new fairness test should be subject to a review process, possibly within the Workplace Authority, and must be adequately funded to ensure it is timely and proficient, according to the AMMA.

Nominations open for Combet's replacement

Greg Combet's replacement as ACTU secretary could be known by next Wednesday after the ACTU's executive today opened nominations for the job.

Fairness test must change to stop award coverage spreading to non-award areas: ACCI

The Government's fairness test legislation should be changed to prevent award coverage spreading to non-award employment, provide employers with more time to rectify breaches, impose lower penalties, and stop unions from taking court action against employers, according to the ACCI.

1.1 million employees left out in cold by fairness test income cap, says ACTU

The ACTU's submission to the Senate inquiry into the fairness test legislation says the bill merely tinkers at the edges of fundamentally flawed regulation, but proposes significant changes, including widening the benchmark for the test and scrapping the $75,000 income cap and the Workplace Authority's capacity to take into account workers' personal circumstances.

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