The IRC has certified the enterprise agreement for Virgin Blue's Brisbane call centre, after rejecting calls by the ASU to delay hearing the certification application.
The changing demographics of the workforce will force organisations to rethink their attitudes on recruiting and retaining mature workers, according to a report released by the Department of Health and Aged Care.
Following its decision to increase the casual loading for Queensland award employees from 19% to 23%, the Queensland IRC has changed the date when the increase starts phasing-in.
Skilled Engineering and a group of contract maintenance companies supplying services to Esso at its Longford and Long Island gas plants in Victoria have succeeded in having a bargaining period suspended by the IRC.
In a blow to the FSU's big banks enterprise bargaining campaign, the CBA's proposed new enterprise agreement holds its 23,000 award employees to a fixed pay increase of just 7% over two years, while a performance pay scheme is expected to deliver a further 3% minimum increase for employees who meet standards.
The CPSU is fighting increased casualisation of the ATO workforce and is threatening a massive backpay claim against giant US-based staffing company TMP.
A Rio Tinto subsidiary faces a compensation bill of about $2m after the IRC found it conspired to make redundant a black list of employees who supported the coal mining union and collective bargaining and opposed AWAs and the use of contractors.
The Queensland IRC's casual loading decision from last week, along with CFMEU mining division leader Tony Maher's speech to the ACT IR Society and today's works councils papers have now been uploaded to Workplace Express.
Active union presence in the workplace, along with support from employers and institutions, is essential to the effectiveness of works councils, according to a report released at this afternoon's works councils seminar in Melbourne.
Maverick abbatoir operator G&K O'Connor asked undercover agents engaged on its behalf to lie to the Commission and encourage a union OHS representative to steal high-value by-products, according to evidence one of the "agents" has given to the IRC.
