Casuals in the metal industry will by March be entitled to the bulk of the new benefits awarded to them by the federal IRC in its landmark job security decision handed down during the holiday period.
The Federal Court's finding that BHP Iron Ore's individual contracts push was lawful is a major blow to the union movement, striking at the very heart of what union membership at the company's Pilbara operations now means.
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A new enterprise agreement for the Bank of Queensland continues a "no redundancy" policy, provides $1,000 a year of shares to each of the 670 employees subject to the bank18s profitability and pays a minimum of 7.25% over three years, plus performance increases.
The trend towards casualisation has been overstated by one-third, while casuals tend to have better job security than is widely understood, according to a new Productivity Commission study.
Following the first prosecution for defying s127 orders, the Federal Court has fined the CFMEU (mining & energy division) a total of just $2,200 for two separate breaches of return to work orders during a dispute with BHP Coal.
The Federal Court has found that the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act covers indirect discrimination complaints, rejecting Commonwealth Government arguments that it is confined to direct discrimination.
Yallourn Energy is seeking a s170MX arbitration of its protracted bargaining dispute, after the announcement today that its workforce had voted down a proposed enterprise agreement.
