In an important ruling on the scope of NSW's s106 unfair contracts jurisdiction, the State's IRC has reduced the probationary period of an employee working under an AWA and awarded him $20,000, after finding no constitutional or other barriers to doing so.
Retailer David Jones and the SDA have agreed to allow both parents of a new baby to take 12 months of unpaid parental leave concurrently - a provision substantially above the eight weeks sought in the work and family test case announced by the ACTU last week.
Victoria's re-elected Bracks Government looks like being able to proceed with its plans to establish a new State IR system, after seemingly winning control of the State191s Upper House.
The AWU has wrapped up deals covering operators at Caltex's Kurnell refinery and Shell's Geelong plant, but operators at BP in Kwinana, WA, have voted down an agreement that would have put them at the top of the pack on wages but cut staffing to the bone.
The CFMEU has had a partial win in the AIRC, after claiming that Bulga Coal Pty Ltd unfairly retrenched several workers in breach of seniority principles.
In an important Federal Court ruling on whether a non-party can mount a challenge, the Australian Industry Group has today won leave to appeal against the Federal Court's Emwest decision.
2003 is shaping up as an active year on the bargaining front, with deals in the manufacturing, construction, community services, university and council sectors among those up for renegotiation, a Sydney conference was told today.
AIRC varies agreements to render income protection clause non-objectionable; Abbott launches another attack on Bracks; Cost of Interim Building Taskforce blows out; Kobelke releases WA OHS review; AIRC issues final telco award; and Tribunal awards costs to complainant in employment discrimination case.
