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CFMEU's Harrison to be new WA IRC member

CFMEU WA branch industrial officer Jennifer Harrison has been appointed to the State's IRC.

Labour lawyer responds to s127 claims

Senior industrial barrister Jim Nolan has written to WR Minister Tony Abbott to rebut AMMA's claims about the need for faster access to s127 orders.

IRC can't remove non-complying clauses

The IRC has ruled that it has no power to delete clauses that don191t pertain to the employment relationship in enterprise agreements.

Fixed-term contracts sidestep regulations: report

A new report has revealed that many managers are engaging new employees on fixed-term contracts to avoid their organisation's regulations and attempt to reduce severance payouts.

Employer breaches duty to be good and considerate

The IRC has compensated an employee after finding his employer failed to comply with the implied term to be a good and considerate employer when it to deducted overpayments from his termination payment without authorisation and failed to give him outplacement assistance and a warning of the company's difficulties.

Council to provide 14 weeks maternity leave

The 14-week paid maternity leave entitlement in Sydney City Council's latest enterprise agreement provides a new benchmark for the local government sector.

NSW seeks feedback on draft leave legislation

The NSW Government is seeking comment by the end of the month on its draft Leave Bill, which consolidates and modernises current annual and long service laws and moves them into the State IR Act.

AMMA seeks changes to s127

The Australian Mines and Metals Association has pilloried the IRC for failing to follow the intent of s127 of the WR Act and urged WR Minister Tony Abbott to amend the provision to fetter the IRC's discretion.

Greens likely to stiffen, not block, WA EEAs

The WA Greens, who will determine the fate of the State Government's IR reforms, probably won't block the continuation of a statutory individual contracts stream, despite remaining opposed in principle.

Injured guard unfit for job

A tribunal has rejected a disability discrimination complaint by a prison guard who was seriously injured on the job, after finding the injuries meant he couldn't carry out the inherent requirements of his position.

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