With the ALP set to introduce good faith bargaining provisions if it is returned to office later this year, the good faith bargaining code finalised this week across the Tasman will be closely watched by Australian observers.
The enterprise bargaining dispute over maintenance staffing levels at Mobil's Pt Stanvac refinery has been resolved, after workers voted up a heads of agreement yesterday.
A severe skill shortage means Qantas may face difficulties forcing through cost-cutting measures in looming negotiations with maintenance unions for a new certified agreement.
An IRC full bench has found the Commission has the power to decide on a s127 anti-industrial action application, after an earlier refusal to deal with the bid on the basis that it involved exercising judicial power.
The three-tier safety net increase awarded by the IRC today slows the compression of relativities in awards by providing larger flat-dollar increases to workers on higher award rates.
The ABC is to broadcast live this morning's statement by IRC President, Justice Geoffrey Giudice, when the living wage full bench hands down its decision.
In an extraordinary development, the President of Queensland's Industrial Commission and Court has written to the State Government accusing it of meddling in the Commission's affairs and threatening its independence as a payback for recent adverse decisions.
Impulse expects to maintain the radical individual employment arrangements for flight attendants and pilots when it begins contracting to Qantas mid-month.
Patrick has foreshadowed a tough stance on the MUA's recent demands to win back ground it lost in the agreements that settled the 1998 waterfront dispute.
