Despite the Coalition's severe curtailment of the IRC's arbitral powers, a senior member of the Commission has spelt out the extensive role the tribunal still can and does play in settling disputes over agreements and awards.
Labour law as we know it is in crisis, is less relevant, and is no longer attracting the "best and brightest", according to a leading international labour lawyer.
WR Minister Tony Abbott has today introduced legislation to boost minimum conditions for Victorian workers, give the IRC the power to prevent an enterprise agreement transmitting to a new owner of a business and move laws regulating unions and employer organisations out of the WR Act.
Good faith bargaining obligations will only bring employers to the negotiating table if they are implemented in conjunction with a new onus on employers to recognise unions that have coverage in the workplace, Sydney University Professor of Industrial Law Ron McCallum told a Sydney conference today.
Beech is WA IRC new senior member; Lorraine to lead IR Victoria; Goward delays maternity paper again; IRC finds Holden's sacking of worker after repeated absences unjust; Tribunal orders worker paid for days on strike; Ansett workers' payout slips; and MP didn't dismiss staffer, says IRC.
The Federal Court has today adjourned a bid by the NUW to restrain Westgate Logistics from allegedly coercing its direct employees and Adecco temporary workers to not make an agreement.
An IRC full bench has upheld Australia Post's decision to sack a worker who held a knife to a colleague's throat, despite his claims of a flawed investigation.
