Wage increases in June quarter private sector enterprise agreements have crept up by 0.2 percentage points to 3.8% a year per employee, according to the DEWRSB, but there are scant signs of accelerating wage pressures.
The AWU has complained to Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls over alleged apprehended bias by the State Supreme Court judge who hears urgent applications for injunctions during industrial disputes.
The AIG will seek to terminate the bargaining periods at manufacturing sites across Victoria, as it attempts to head off a statewide strike on October 29 in pursuit of the Campaign 2000 bargaining claim.
A Queensland Court of Appeal ruling has highlighted a new legal strategy for employers to recoup damages where an employee's negligence has contributed to injuries.
An unfair dismissal ruling by a senior member of the IRC illustrates the dangers for employers of failing to adequately respond to reasonable grievances raised by employees.
A Victorian meat industry employer that locked its workers out in pursuit of AWAs following a collective bargaining dispute that also involved lockouts did not act unlawfully, the Federal Court has found.
Queensland mining company MIM will not renegotiate the deal voted down by workers last week, planning instead to hold a series of information meetings with employees to explain the document more fully before putting it up for ballot again within a fortnight.
The components supplier at the centre of the Campaign 2000 dispute that has led to stand-downs at Ford Australia is in the IRC this afternoon seeking to have the bargaining period covering its site terminated.
