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No replacement yet for IRC's McIntyre

WR Minister Tony Abbott will appoint a replacement "shortly" for IRC Vice President Tony McIntyre, who retired today.


IRC puts acid on vineyard agreement

The IRC has rejected a s170LK agreement because the employer failed to inform its workers of their right to be represented by a union.


New urgent stop order strategy keeps jobs afloat

Unions now have a new avenue for urgently halting employer actions, after the IRC today issued an interim exceptional matters order to maintain the jobs of Australian seafarers.


Reasonable hours flow-on for NSW

The NSW Labor Council has applied to the State Commission to flow on the federal IRC's reasonable hours decision.


Leadership changes at NSW nurses, Victorian NTEU

The NSW Nurses' Association will elect a new secretary on Tuesday to replace Sandra Moait, who plans to retire next month, while the NTEU's Victorian branch has chosen a new leadership team.


Duress claim sticks in Thorn's side

The ASU is seeking to have a Thorn Australia Pty Ltd AWA revoked after it claimed a long-term employee was threatened with termination if he refused to agree to its conditions.


SDA's roping-in case begins

Four years after the application was first filed, a full bench of the IRC will on Monday begin hearing the SDA's bid to rope-in about 19,000 retail employers to a federal award.


Star City workers dealt a family-friendly hand

Star City casino workers in Sydney have won a 9% pay rise over two years, a range of family-friendly provisions and - in a first for private sector hospitality - six weeks paid maternity leave.


Changing work patterns raise OHS risks

Changing work patterns, including the growing use of insecure forms of employment, could increase accident rates and other OHS problems, according to two new European reports.


ETU warns of more industrial action over award change bid

The battle between the NSW branch of the ETU and the National Electrical Contractors' Association over the employer organisation's bid to significantly vary the state electrical award is now in the hands of NSW IRC Deputy President Peter Sams for conciliation.


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