Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard today resisted pressure from business groups to reveal more details of Labor's IR policies on secondary boycotts, employers' common law rights, union right of entry and transitional arrangements for the abolition of AWAs.
The decision to allow John Holland to exit the state workers compensation scheme in favour of the Federal Government's self-insurance option under Comcare is under challenge in the Federal Court.
Central Queensland University breached the consultative provisions in its certified agreement when it decided not to renew the contracts of 25% of its general staff, the AIRC has found in private arbitration.
School students are particularly vulnerable to unscrupulous employers and have little understanding of their bargaining rights under Work Choices, according to a survey for the NSW Teachers Federation that Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey immediately dismissed as "a political stunt".
Prime Minister John Howard last night used a speech to a national small business summit to seek to portray Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd as a "patsy" of the union movement.
A sacked glass factory worker has had his unfair dismissal case rejected by the AIRC after it found the employer cut staff for genuine operational reasons due to a business downturn.
AMMA warns ALP on ABCC powers, right of entry, civil remedies and secondary boycotts; ACTU tax research says average workers "ripped off"; and RCSA talks with ALP leaders.
The Workplace Authority (formerly OEA) and Workplace Ombudsman (formerly OWS) start their new roles this week (from July 1) after the proclamation of the fairness test changes.
Qantas short-haul pilots have again resoundingly voted down their proposed enterprise agreement, while their Virgin Blue counterparts have narrowly voted up their deal on the second attempt.
Union objections to ABCC a pantomime, says Howard; OWS to investigate Pele Curtains case, CFMEU to seek to recover entitlements; and Cochlear workers vote down non-union deal again.
