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Banks first target of new corporate watchdog website

The NSW Labor Council has launched a new website that will substantially boost unions' corporate campaigning capacity, ahead of the climax tomorrow and Friday of the FSU's offensive against three of the four big banks.


Court bundies employee off

An employee who contested a requirement to use a bundy clock all the way to the Victorian Court of Appeal has had his case dismissed for the third time.


New airline seeks flexibility to pare costs

Australian Airlines intends to achieve substantial flexibility on rostering, work practices and other conditions to achieve cost structures up to 25% lower than parent company Qantas.


Restraint rejected because client list not exclusive

The Victorian Supreme Court has refused to restrain a sales manager from soliciting business from clients of his former employer because the client list could have been obtained from the Yellow Pages directory.


Pattern deals might have merit: Commission counsel

Pattern bargaining might be appropriate in the construction industry if subcontractors are given a say in the resulting deal, counsel assisting the Cole Royal Commission told today's first hearing day in Melbourne.



New agreement trend spells more rights for unions

A surge in clauses in agreements clearly spelling out union rights is a product of a more hostile industrial environment rather than a rise in union power, according to latest research from ACIRRT.


Unions seek to register Yallourn agreement

The IRC will consider on Monday an application by unions to certify an agreement for Yallourn Energy maintenance workers that incorporates the last offer made by the company to workers.


Labor develops small business dismissal proposals

Small businesses could be given further special consideration in unfair dismissal proceedings, under a federal Opposition response to the Government's unfair dismissal bill.


Council agreements to test valid majority requirement

In an test of what constitutes a valid majority, Brisbane City Council has asked the federal and Queensland IRCs to certify its identical federal and State agreements, despite the State agreement being voted down.


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