The NSW IRC191s handling of unfair dismissal claims should be sped up by prescribing timeframes, according to the State Labor Council191s response to a DIR issues paper.
More than 350,000 Queensland award workers have won a pay rise of $18-a-week after the State Commission agreed to flow on the federal living wage decision.
The Hawke/Wran review of the ALP has softened the impact of recommending scrapping the 60:40 rule by proposing new ways of strengthening links with unions.
The IRC will next week begin hearing the AMWU's claim for severance payments for labour hire casuals working on ADI Limited's billion-dollar Minehunter project.
In a signal that it is broadening its scope, industry trust fund NEST (which evolved out of Manusafe) today told the Senate inquiry into the Democrats' paid maternity leave bill that it could administer the "top-up" payment advocated by the ACTU.
NSW IR Minister John Della Bosca has revealed plans for limited reforms to State unfair dismissal laws, ahead of releasing a discussion paper canvassing a raft of changes to the IR Act.
An article published yesterday by Workplace Express wrongly claimed that the IRC refused to certify an enterprise agreement for Health Minders Limited because it contained a union dues clause.
In a significant move, the CPSU has served a log of claims on the nine labour hire companies that supply workers to Telstra in a bid to force them to pay shop rates of pay and conditions.
In a move that could cost coal companies millions of dollars, the CFMEU (mining & energy division) is seeking a Federal Court declaration that would change the way coal workers' superannuation entitlements are calculated.
The NUW is considering an appeal against Deputy President Ken Ives' refusal to certify an enterprise agreement with Health Minders Limited because it included a controversial union notification clause.
