Victorian electrical contracting workers yesterday voted up a deal for the sector that the ETU and NECA have spent nearly two years negotiating following Federal Government changes to the construction code of practice.
A year after the ACCC launched its secondary boycott action against the CFMEU (construction division), the Federal Court has allowed a former ACT branch official to withdraw an earlier admission.
The DEWR discriminated against union members when it advised Australian Public Service agencies to refuse leave to employees who planned to attend a national protest against Work Choices in November 2005, the Federal Court has ruled today.
Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard and Victorian IR Minister Rob Hulls have launched the Australian Institute of Employment Rights' book, Australian Charter of Employment Rights in Melbourne tonight.
The Workplace Authority has finalised Fairness Test assessments on 12,749 of the 123,100 agreements lodged since the test began on May 7, according to the first monthly statistics released today.
Labor’s softening of its IR policy has been exploited today by the Greens, who have launched a new campaign that seeks to persuade electors to vote for them in the Senate if they want Work Choices “ripped up” rather than the ALP’s “lite” version.
Productivity up 3% in past year, says ABS; Prohibited content and lack of genuine attempt to reach agreement fatal to ALAEA ballot bid; AIRC to hear bid to suspend bargaining for Victorian police tomorrow; One in five small to medium businesses believe changing unfair dismissal laws would be harmful; Two years until big international IR conferences open in Australia; and Rein begins process of selling Australian arms of her business.
Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard today denied the ALP's planned award flexibility clauses could be used to cut employees' pay, but conceded Labor’s "better off overall" test would allow penalty rates, overtime and shift allowances to be traded off for higher wages.
After Friday’s deal to provide redundancy packages to 13 workers at its Marrickville site, Tristar Steering and Suspension Australia Ltd has today agreed to extend the arrangements to a further 11, leaving just seven employees on the payroll.
