Former UnionsWA leader Tony Cooke has been appointed chair of Worksafe WA, while leading discrimination lawyer Moira Rayner has temporarily become the State's Equal Opportunity Commissioner after the retirement of June Williams.
Rolling stock manufacturer Maintrain could be the next employee entitlements flashpoint, following the settlement this morning of the Walker dispute that brought the car industry to a standstill.
Individual contract pioneer Robe River Mining is set to enter into its first formal relationship with unions since the 1980s, following applications by three unions to be bound by the employer's s170LK agreement.
The IRC has ordered the LHMU's Victorian branch to compensate two officials it constructively dismissed after they refused to make a "compulsory" payment to support the six AMWU officials who allegedly raided the HQ of Skilled Engineering.
Federal Government to assess cost of Goward's paid maternity leave options; Construction union rebels fail in bid to change rules; and unions seek to extend coverage in health and federal public sectors.
The car industry is close to grinding to a complete halt, as the unprotected dispute over entitlements at component maker Walker Australia in Adelaide shows no sign of being resolved.
More than a thousand meatworkers from one of Australia's largest processors have agreed to return to work under award conditions which offer substantially lower pay than under their previous enterprise agreement.
An IRC full bench has today cleared the way for certified agreements to contain union fee deduction clauses, ending the uncertainty that followed the February ruling in Atlas Steels by Deputy President Ken Ives.
In an important ruling, the Federal Court has found that a shipping line didn't discriminate against its workers when it decided to dismiss them and hire a cheaper foreign crew.
