Union agreements are nine times more likely than non-union agreements to explicitly address employee representation and 24 times more likely to support employees joining a union, according to ACIRRT's latest analysis of enterprise agreements.
The federal Government intends to legislate if returned at the election to make the super funds industry notice more accountable to members, while Labor has renewed its call for employers to pay quarterly rather than annual super contributions.
In an unusual ruling, the Federal Court has relied on a Canadian Supreme Court judgment to order individual employees taking unprotected industrial action to return to work.
The IRC has made an important ruling on whether it can certify an agreement if a party withdraws and whether non-party employers can intervene in agreement certification proceedings.
IRC refuses damages for distress; labour supplier liable for injury at host employer's site; deal allows third party to check whether workers have criminal drug/alcohol records; Bills to fund Ansett entitlements passes Lower House; and more.
NSW cash-in-transit companies have two months to apply new safety measures after the NSW IRC forged an interim award which creates the first comprehensive regime governing work conditions in this industry.
Temps employed by recruitment and labour hire company Hays Personnel Services have won a pay increase that averages 9% over three years and access to unpaid maternity leave, under the company's first national enterprise agreement.
New institutions are needed to create regulatory and support systems suited to the contemporary labour market, according to ACIRRT director Ron Callus.
