Royal Commissioner Terence Cole has today issued a new discussion paper that seeks public feedback just a week before his December 6 deadline for reporting to the Government, sparking new speculation that the Commission will seek an extension until next year.
Unions will decide on Wednesday whether to strike at a key components manufacturer, in a move that could potentially halt production at Holden and Ford.
Pilbara organising blitz starts Monday; Conciliation begins in federal redundancy test case; Maternity leave policies rise in importance as median age of newborns' mothers reaches 30, fertility declines; Paper says teachers can touch students appropriately; and Federal Parliament's library releases papers on paid maternity leave and other hot issues.
A full bench of the AIRC has granted the Federal Government's application to refer to a full bench of the Federal Court a dispute over increased breaks for coal workers - in what the CFMEU (mining & energy division) has described as a bid to "knock over Emwest".
A new consent award for more than 10,000 telecommunications workers ratified today has "defined the industry" and provided a platform for enterprise bargaining, according to the CEPU.
The Federal Court has ordered the Cole Royal Commission and the Federal Government to pay the costs of a CFMEU organiser's action against the Commission - a sum the union expects to exceed $20,000.
The Queensland Governnment has conceded that its restructuring of the State IRC's administration 18 months ago has failed, with new legislation introduced to Parliament to hand the Commission's administration to the Vice President and create two new Deputy President positions.
Thousands of Victorian electrical workers will stop work for several hours on Wednesday as the CEPU (electrical division's) next bargaining round formally begins.
The CFMEU has used the Emwest decision to win important new concessions during the life of an agreement, after the AIRC brokered a deal to avert a strike that would have threatened production in the car industry.
The AIRC has set aside its decision to certify a s170LJ agreement covering about 6,400 CSIRO workers because the ballot wasn't formally closed when the application for its certification was lodged.
