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AMWU defers decision on labour-hire award

The AMWU has deferred until next year a decision on whether to seek a new award for the labour hire industry or to rope companies it has logged into an existing manufacturing award.

Man who resigned after plant sold is owed redundancy

The NSW IRC has found that BHP Refractories acted unfairly in refusing to pay redundancy to an employee who resigned to accept another job after being told the plant he worked at was being sold.

Employees to pay half for mediation in non-union deal

A non-union deal that encourages employees to cash out annual leave and requires them to pay half of dispute mediation costs fails the Workplace Relations Act's no disadvantage test, a full bench of the IRC has found.

Transport companies win pay reprieve

Long distance transport companies have won a two-month reprieve from an IRC decision to scrap the hourly-rate benchmark for enterprise agreements and rely instead on a much higher cents-per-kilometre rate.

ACCI supports opting-out model

Peak employer group the ACCI has supported a radical plan to opt out of the award system as an option that should be available to employers.

ANZ puts a price on HR

The ANZ has dismissed union fears that charging its internal business units for HR services will discourage employees from using them.

Carr seeks changes after discrimination ruling

NSW Premier Bob Carr has asked Prime Minister John Howard to legislate to reverse the recent Federal Court decision that a drug addiction could constitute a disability under the Disability Discrimination Act

Reith reintroduces unfair dismissal exemption bill

Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith has this morning reintroduced his bill that exempts small businesses from unfair dismissal laws and provides a statutory six-month probation period, but the legislation is certain to again be defeated.

New test of contractor deeming laws

The LHMU has begun a new test of Queensland's s275 "contractor deeming" provisions.

Bargaining wage growth: slow in private sector, rapid in public

Pay increases in September quarter private sector enterprise agreements grew only slightly to 3.9% a year (up from 3.8% the previous quarter), while increases in public sector deals rocketed to 4.3% a year (up from 3%).

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