The IRC will consider on Monday an application by unions to certify an agreement for Yallourn Energy maintenance workers that incorporates the last offer made by the company to workers.
Small businesses could be given further special consideration in unfair dismissal proceedings, under a federal Opposition response to the Government's unfair dismissal bill.
In an test of what constitutes a valid majority, Brisbane City Council has asked the federal and Queensland IRCs to certify its identical federal and State agreements, despite the State agreement being voted down.
Reserve Bank Governor Ian Macfarlane has urged businesses to avoid retrenching employees at the first sign of an earnings downturn in an effort to please the markets.
Unions will appeal against Justice Ron Merkel's crucial Electrolux decision, which cast a shadow over potentially thousands of enterprise agreemements.
The NSW Government has introduced a new bill to stop workers addicted to illegal drugs from claiming they have a disability in the workplace, in a bid to overcome a landmark court ruling.
Companies with overseas operations will be rushing to review the employment terms of their staff on international duties after a former PriceWaterhouseCoopers employee won $500,000 compensation for redundancy in an unfair contract ruling by the NSW IRC.
The IRC has certified a Woolworth's agreement after accepting the retailer's assurances that the SDA's pro-forma union encouragement clause contained in the deal wouldn't lead to breaches of freedom of association laws.
NSW's Chief Industrial Magistrate has applied principles established by the High Court in Hollis v Vabu Pty Ltd to find that a couple who operated a tennis centre were employees, not independent contractors.
