The federal Government's legislative bid to restore the 12-month exclusion of casuals from pursuing unfair dismissal cases looks doomed to fail in the Senate after Labor finalised its position, while Labor is also pushing to have the Government's small business unfair dismissal exemption bill sent to a Senate Committee.
The IRC has ruled that an employer wasn't justified in summarily dismissing a worker who persisted in calling a manager a "scab" after being warned for his conduct.
In a significant policy shift, Labor has signalled that it is planning to embrace a paid maternity leave model that is partly or wholly publicly-funded, while the Democrats have refined their pitch for 12 weeks of publicly-funded leave.
National air traffic control agency Airservices Australia has applied to the IRC to prevent several unions from disrupting services on Wednesday when they hold a stop work meeting to pressure the company into reviewing its pay deal.
OEA applies to remove union-only insurance clauses from agreements; Strippers' union close to clearing hurdles; Bench makes award at G&K O'Connor; Court stays damages claim by docks "mercenaries"; Ansett workers to be paid safety net entitlements within eight weeks; and more.
A new report into mature age employment says it is more effective to include diversity policies in workplace agreements or combine all EEO categories into one broad policy, rather than implement a myriad of "off the shelf" strategies.
As bargaining hots up in the field, the AiG will this month convene a meeting of its NSW labour hire members to again gauge their reaction to the AMWU's push for an industry-wide deal.
Westpac's head of HR, Ann Sherry, has called on employer associations to abandon views that paid maternity leave is "too expensive or unrealistic" and help their members to implement the measure, in a speech to mark International Women191s Day.
