Fairfax has struck a interim deal with printing unions that it hopes will allow an orderly transition from its existing inner-Melbourne printing operation to its new $220m greenfields site.
The ACTU's new fairness at work manifesto, Our Future at Work, fleshes out the reasonable hours test case the peak body is expected to outline in more detail later this week.
The AiG has warned employers to be careful not to give the metal unions a "free kick" and allow them to use the new casual conversion provisions in the industry award as a recruitment tool.
BHP Coal has failed in its bid to suspend the bargaining periods at the five central Queensland mines involved in a protracted dispute with the CFMEU (mining & energy division), meaning a seven-day strike called last week is continuing.
A cost order against a company over its jurisdictional objections to an unfair dismissal claim has practitioners concerned that employers are open to applications for costs long after the relevant proceedings are over.
Unions and Hamersley Iron have reached a confidential settlement of the Rio Tinto subsidiary's claim for more than $40m in damages from a 12-day strike in 1992.
A Queensland IRC full bench made its historic first declaration yesterday that 90 subcontracted security guards were in fact employees after finding that rejecting the "contractor deeming" case would send the wrong message to employers in the industry.
The IRC will tomorrow hear BHP's application to suspend the bargaining periods at the five central Queensland mines part-way through a seven-day strike.
The Employment Advocate has lodged an appeal against the IRC's recent decision to allow a swathe of bargaining fee provisions in agreements between the CEPU (electrical division) and electrical contractors in Victoria.
Despite the narrower focus of the metal industry unions' plans for Manusafe, the AiG maintains that fundamental problems with the trust fund have not been addressed and is still advising employers 'not to have a bar of it".
