It's a path most employers do not tread, but AMWU national secretary Doug Cameron is going ahead with his contempt case against six Victorian officials, with a trial date now set.
The Federal Department of Community Services has jointly (with IBM) won the large employer category in this year191s ACCI Work and Family Awards, in recognition of initiatives such as unlimited personal leave, subsidies for school holiday child care and allowing female employees to return part-time after maternity leave.
The AiG has responded to the ACTU's bid for improved redundancy provisions with its own application for award changes - including differentiating between redundancy due to insolvency and redundancy for other reasons.
The IRC has reinstated a worker employed by a company about to go into voluntary liquidation to afford him access to the Government's employee entitlements scheme.
IBM Australia has won this year's gold work and family award for initiatives such as flexible work programs that have led to half the 10,000-strong workforce performing some work at home.
The Cole Royal Commission will hold a conference in Melbourne this month to try to forge agreement between stakeholders about improving OHS in construction, while the Commission has also released a discussion paper about training in the industry.
The Federal Court will expedite the hearing of the CFMEU construction division NSW branch's bid to have Royal Commissioner Terence Cole sidelined, after a hearing in Sydney today.
A briefing paper for the OECD launched today by Family & Community Services Minister Amanda Vanstone provides a broad overview of family friendly policies in Australia.
The CPSU is seeking an interim award in the IRC this afternoon to protect hundreds of workers at Deloitte Consulting, after the company threatened to make a third of its workforce redundant if they refused to accept a pay cut of up to 52%.
In a significant move aimed at the recruitment and retention of working parents, Westpac has announced it will allow its employees to pay for childcare services - provided in a new deal with ABC Learning Centres - out of pre-tax dollars.
