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First fine for breaching anti-coercion laws

The Federal Court has issued the first fine for a breach of the Workplace Relations Act's s170NC anti-coercion provisions.

Full bench quashes Burnie ruling

The Federal Court has given the green light for employers to make employment conditional on acceptance of AWAs.

Accessing Workplace Express

All Workplace Express subscribers should now have user names and passwords for accessing the service. If you don’t have a user name/password or are having problems with accessing the facelifted site, call us on 02 9267 3800 or email editorial@workplaceexpress.com.au and we will help you.

SA Commission rules on withdrawal

The SA Industrial Commission has clarified the rights of employees to take unfair dismissal action in the State IRC after withdrawing from a federal action.

ABC employees go on strike

Some 4,000 ABC staff have gone out for 24 hours over budget constraints and job losses.

Another record docks performance

Two years after the introduction of radical work practice changes following the bitter 1998 waterfront dispute, productivity on the docks has increased dramatically, to within a whisker of Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith's 25 containers an hour target.

Call centre stress not a big issue for employees: survey

A new survey appears to torpedo the widely-held view that stress is a major issue for call centre employees.

Landmark redundancy ruling appeal tomorrow

The Federal Government is intervening in tomorrow"s full bench appeal against an IRC decision that opened the way for thousands of workers who are not entitled to severance pay under awards to claim it via the Workplace Relations Act's termination provisions.

Banning contractors is industrial action

A full bench of the IRC has found that a union ban on employees of contractors doing work at a brewery was "industrial action" under the Workplace Relations Act.

Four new appointments to AIRC

After overseeing a significant reduction in the size of the federal IRC, the Coalition has responded to criticism that it was deliberately weakening the tribunal by announcing four new appointments.

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