Bargaining negotiations at Mitsubishi and Holden are at a critical juncture, with talks at Holden on Monday to finalise the company's pay offer and Mitsubishi workers holding a stopwork on Monday week to consider the company's offer.
The IRC has confirmed that it is not limited to ruling on allowable award matters when it is privately arbitrating disputes under the terms of dispute settlement clauses in enterprise agreements.
The IRC has found an employer who was determined to have a non-union building site made unsubstantiated allegations about a construction union organiser's conduct in a bid to keep him off the job.
The Victorian Supreme Court has challenged key tenets of anti-discrimination law, in a ruling that overturns a landmark discrimination ruling and record $161,000 payout.
Qantas maintenance workers likely to act; court rules on share options; Kelty gets new job; University appeals Steele ruling; US employees work longest hours; New officeholders for NSW IRS; and more.
Patrick Stevedores will on Monday implement new work practices that it believes will substantially lift productivity, after stevedoring employees at its Sydney terminals cleared the way for the company's new agreement to go proceed.
Employers in NSW will be required to include their company name and ABN on workers' payslips from next year, after the State Government responded to union concerns about some companies deliberately restructuring to avoid paying employee entitlements.
The internet is playing an increasingly important role in recruiting HR practitioners and employment lawyers, according to a national analysis of internet job advertising.
In a sign of the IRC's increasing willingness to encourage parties to bargain in good faith, a senior member has agreed to conduct a secret ballot to determine whether more than 150 Serco employees wish to continue working under AWAs or shift to a union agreement.
Australia now has an entrenched long hours culture that is putting excessive strain on workers, families and communities, according to a groundbreaking ACTU-commissioned report released today.
