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ALP to set up IR taskforce

The ALP is to establish a nine-member IR taskforce to continue its campaign against the Coalition's second-wave laws over the parliamentary Christmas break and into next year.

$21,000 in damages for accountant denied return to work, bonus

An employer that refused to allow an accountant to return to work full-time after maternity leave denied her not only a full-time income but also a "significant" bonus payment, according to the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal.

News in brief, December 5, 2005

Work Choices bill expected to pass Lower House on Wednesday; Victorian construction deal given code approval - again; and Vale Peter Cook.

More TV ads to back ACTU marginal seats campaign for 2007 election

The ACTU's multi-million dollar television advertising campaign against the Work Choices legislation will continue until the next federal election, backed by local publicity strategies designed to defeat Coalition MPs in marginal electorates.

Work Choices through the Senate

To cries of "shame" from the public gallery, the Senate has this evening passed the radical Work Choices legislation.

Pacific National locks out employees; threat of further lockout spurs talks

In an early taste of the post-Work Choices environment, rail operator Pacific National this week locked out part of its workforce in retaliation for industrial action against it.

Individual cases won't be frozen, says Government; Fill the gallery, ACTU tells workers

The Federal Government has told the Senate that it is not its intention under Work Choices to halt individual cases before the state courts and commissions, and it would address this in the regulations.

Amendments remove accrued rights, says lawyer; Existing holiday refusal rights retained, says Government

Small business employees will lose their entitlement to redundancy pay before Christmas under the Federal Government's Work Choices amendments, according to an industrial lawyer.

Government rejects further public holiday changes

Committee consideration of the Government’s amendments to the Work Choices legislation will resume tomorrow, after the Government refused late this evening to accept Family First Senator Steve Fielding’s bid for employees who work public holidays to receive an extra day’s leave.

Supplementary explanatory memorandum now available for amendments

The supplementary explanatory memorandum is now available for the Government’s proposed amendments to the Work Choices legislation.

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