Shelving manufacturer Metro Products unlawfully discriminated against 66 employees when it sacked them for reasons including their union membership and agitation for better conditions, the AMWU alleges in a Federal Court interlocutory FOA claim to be heard on Thursday.
In a bid to fend off the metal unions' push for employee entitlements to be protected in an industry trust fund, the South Australian Government has become the first State to sign up to the federal Government's employee entitlements scheme.
The IRC has terminated the bargaining period at car parts manufacturer Tristar from 3pm tomorrow, providing hope that the crippled car industry will be able to re-commence production.
The focus of the Tristar dispute will now shift to the IRC, which will rule later this afternoon on the company's bid to terminate the bargaining period, after parties failed to negotiate a solution over the weekend and workers at the Sydney parts maker voted this morning to stay out.
The WA Government is considering changing IR laws to protect gay men and lesbians from discrimination in employment, after the release of a ministerial committee report yesterday.
A senior IRC member has attacked corporates for their poor ethical performance in protecting employee entitlements, after rejecting a company administrator's bid to set aside a redundancy deal.
WA's public sector union is pushing the State Government to accelerate its plans, announced this week, to restore equity of pay and conditions in the public sector.
The automotive manufacturing industry is grinding to a halt as components suppliers are hit by strikes in support of the metal unions' Campaign 2001 and their push to sign companies up to Manusafe.
A ruling this week on what constitutes ordinary time earnings for assessing employer superannuation contributions opens the way for unions to significantly boost workers' super entitlements.
