The AiG has recommended major IR changes to the car industry in its submission to the Productivity Commission – which is one of three federal bodies currently looking at workplace reform in the sector.
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A variation to the federal hospitality award approved yesterday by the federal IRC introduces a new skills-based classification structure for about 10,000 casino workers in the eastern states.
A furniture salesman ostensibly dismissed for failing to meet his sales targets has failed to establish he was sacked because of his union involvement.
In a decision worth $5-to-$6 a week for hundreds of thousands of building workers, a full bench of the IRC has upheld an earlier finding that an award allowance for fares and travel should be included in ordinary time earnings when calculating employer superannuation contributions.
Charges have been laid over an alleged union raid on Melbourne manufacturer Johnson Tiles in June last year, with AMWU Victorian state secretary Craig Johnston among those to face court over the incident.
The FSU has rejected the CBA's bargaining offer of a 6% pay increase plus a 2% boost in super contributions over two years and is now consulting its members about the next step.
The Federal Opposition has moved a step closer to obtaining secret documents prepared for former WR Minister Peter Reith in the lead-up to the 1998 waterfront dispute, following a High Court ruling today.
Building and Construction Royal Commissioner Terence Cole is questioning whether enterprise bargaining is suited to the industry, in his latest discussion paper.
