Individual employment arrangements are less likely than collective or union agreements to provide overtime, weekend penalties and annual leave loadings, according to a study of 793 Victorian businesses released by the Bracks Government today.
The Office of Workplace Services is prosecuting Ten Talents Pty Ltd and Cyberlink Pty Ltd, alleging they applied duress on two employees to sign AWAs after the takeover of the IGA Hilton supermarket in Perth.
After years of lobbying for laws to override state deeming provisions, Independent Contractors of Australia is now threatening to withdraw support for the Federal Government's independent contractors legislation - unless it is amended in debate before the Senate likely next week.
Melbourne parts manufacturer Heinemann Electric has lost its appeal against an AIRC finding that a union claim seeking protection for employee entitlements is not prohibited content.
An employee who breached company policy by sending an e-mail containing a racial slur should not have been summarily dismissed although the offence warranted termination with notice, the WA Industrial Relations Commission has found.
Employer fears of higher leave entitlements to account for regularly worked overtime or penalty rates under Work Choices are overstated, according to a leading industrial lawyer.
A s496 order preventing CEPU members at Australia Post from attending protests against Work Choices in June should not have been made because the union was not organising industrial action, an AIRC Full Bench has ruled.
OWS to check employer greenfield agreement in take-over; PM celebrates one-millionth AWA; Members Equity Bank offers mortgage breaks for workers hit by industrial action; and Combet joins ME Bank board.
ABC Learning has agreed with the LHMU to offer free studies at its training centres for childcare employees staying 18 months after their course, and 2% annual wage rises, in one of the first multiple business agreements under Work Choices.
