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Abbott bills face uphill battle

WR Minister Tony Abbott looks likely to achieve only limited success with the four bills he has introduced today.


Give unions the same rights as banks: Shorten

AWU national secretary Bill Shorten has today outlined a radical plan to protect employee entitlements and revealed a series of test cases the union intends to run in its agricultural and metalliferous mining heartlands.


Labour productivity growth cuts real employment costs

Employers have benefitted from a real reduction in labour costs in 2001, after labour productivity grew strongly at 3.2%, wages increased at 3.4% and CPI increased by 3.2%, according to HSBC.


Labour hire company fails in super case

The Federal Court has clarified what constitutes "ordinary hours" for the purpose of paying superannuation contributions.


Cole Commission to cost $60m

The Federal Government has revealed that it will spend a whopping $60m on the Cole Royal Commission into the building and construction industry.


Confusion reigns over union dues clauses

A senior member of the IRC has ruled that union dues clauses can be included in certified agreements, just two weeks after another Commission member found otherwise.


Union dues clauses OK in Qld

A full bench of the Queensland IRC has ruled that bargaining fee clauses are not allowed in certified agreements, but union dues clauses are.


Bench reverses adverse finding against Pacific Coal

More than three years after being made redundant by Rio Tinto subsidiary Pacific Coal, the fate of 16 mineworkers is limbo after an IRC full bench found legal errors in a ruling that the company unfairly dismissed them.


February 15 news update

Reasonable hours hearings to conclude mid-year; constitutional barrier to s106 cases confirmed; Court rules on punctuality; Secret ballot for Electrolux; P&O and MUA push for more women wharfies; and more.



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