The Democrat Senator likely to have the key influence on the passage of Peter Reith’s second wave WR legislation has identified extension of award regulation into award-free areas as a vital issue the second wave has neglected.
AIRC president Geoff Giudice has made veiled criticisms of senior members of the Commission who have spoken out against the Howard Govt’s plans to reform the Commission. He said changes to the Commission’s jurisdiction were a matter for politicians, policymakers and Parliament.
In a case that underlines the importance for employers not to unreasonably pressure existing employees to accept AWAs, the Federal Court has ordered a Victorian licenced club not to cut the hours of six workers.
In one of its most significant decisions since the introduction of enterprise bargaining, the IRC has declared with its Hunter Valley No. 1 decision that it won’t intervene to settle even the most serious and damaging enterprise bargaining disputes.
Can an hours flexibility clause in an award requiring agreement by three parties be valid when only two have acceded? No, according to the Federal Court.
Remember the concrete pours the BLF halted in the 1970s? The union wanting to register the same name now has to prove to the IRC that it won't resort to the same industrial tactics.
Employees at Tasmania’s two casinos have locked in penalty rates of 300% for the coming New Year’s Eve, under a new 12-month enterprise agreement. The rates apply from 7pm on NY Eve until 10am on New Year’s Day.
The Shop Union, which represents many tens of thousands of juniors, hasn't given up on getting rid of junior rates after the Government and Labor combined to entrench discounted wages. The union will move to get rid of the "worst abuses" of junior rates through award variations.
