The new minority Rann Labor Government in South Australia faces the challenge of negotiating IR change with conservative independent Peter Lewis in the Lower House and winning the support of the Democrats in the Upper House, where the minor party appears to have regained the balance of power in its own right.
The IRC has set up a dedicated website for all 2002 living wage case documents, in the first full-scale use of the Commission's new technology for lodging electronic documents and sharing them between parties and with the public.
In a landmark judgment, the NSW Supreme Court has ruled for the first time that Australian courts can award exemplary damages to punish wayward employees for serious breaches of their fiduciary duty to their employer.
A seasonal employee who was dismissed just a few weeks before she was due to receive her pro-rata long-service leave entitlement has won more than $4,000 after a South Australian IR Court ruling.
The Howard Government has today introduced its much-heralded legislation to exempt employers of 20 or fewer employees from unfair dismissal laws, but it won't pass with the exemption intact.
Van Camp leaves union for Grocon IR role; Employers reject living wage claim; IRC clarifies what constitutes "common enterprise"; MUA concerned over tapping of its phone calls; and more.
The Australian Industry Group will press WR Minister Tony Abbott to urgently legislate to overcome a court ruling that could allow unions to take lawful industrial action in pursuit of bargaining claims during the term of a federal enterprise agreement.
