In a sign that employers are becoming increasingly anxious to avoid more damaging disputes in the manufacturing sector, the AIG and senior Metal Trades Federation of Unions officials will meet on Tuesday for talks about security of employees' entitlements.
Some 66 AMWU members dismissed by shelving manufacturer Metro Products will return to work from Monday, after workers voted up a peace deal this morning.
The High Court has ruled that a courier company was vicariously liable for injuries its bicycle courier inflicted on a pedestrian, because the courier was an employee rather than an independent contractor.
The IRC has stayed the decision to reinstate some 11 dismissed Hunter Valley No. 1 mineworkers, but has ordered that they be put back on the payroll until the appeal is decided.
The ACTU says changes to unfair dismissal laws that passed through Parliament today discriminate against small business employees, while WR Minister Tony Abbott has also today introduced his bill to improve the minimalist safety net for hundreds of thousands of Schedule 1A workers in Victoria.
In a ruling that highlights the need for unions to ensure fair processes are prescribed for disciplining and dismissing employees accused of misconduct, the Federal Court has found Wollongong University failed to adhere to procedures in its enterprise agreement when it summarily dismissed senior academic Ted Steele.
The Tristar dispute has been settled with a deal that protects all of their entitlements via an insurance bond and provides a 10% pay rise over two years.
Tristar and metals unions are still locked in negotiations, with workers yet to meet to vote on returning to work ahead of the IRC tomorrow morning hearing the AIG's bid for anti-strike orders.
