The ASU has stymied Coles-Myer Limited's plans to retrench 1,000 administrative and support workers, after winning orders yesterday evening to force the company to consult the union.
In reasons issued yesterday for the decision to make a dispute finding against Ansett Australia's parent, Air New Zealand, the IRC has made it clear it is prepared to use its award-making powers against entities that are not direct employers.
Virgin Blue wouldn't have been able to achieve a motivated, customer-focussed workforce if it used AWAs or Impulse's radical unit trust arrangements, according to its HR manager, Bruce Highfield.
The clamour over employee entitlements and the Government's revamped entitlements scheme might make employers think twice about making generous over-award redundancy arrangements, WR Minister Tony Abbott said today.
The federal Government has announced it will legislate to give priority to specified employee entitlements ahead of secured creditors when companies become insolvent.
Queensland will introduce a minimum wage for non-award workers and review awards and agreements for gender pay equity, after the State Government adopted all 20 recommendations of the State's pay equity inquiry.
In a significant and unusual ruling, the NSW Supreme Court Equity Division has issued an interlocutory injunction to restrain behaviour of workers picketing at Taubmans' Villawood site in Sydney.
A senior member of the IRC has found that the WR Act's unfair dismissal laws provide scope for awarding damages for distress, humiliation and hurt suffered by a dismissed employee.
