The Iemma Government has today withdrawn from federal-state negotiations to harmonise OHS laws, after IR Minister John Della Bosca said he feared another Work Choices-style takeover of state turf.
Ford Australia is facing stand-downs at its Broadmeadows plant from Friday if the strike over entitlements at auto components manufacturer Huon Corporation is not resolved by the close of business on Thursday. Huon Corporation's administrators, meanwhile, have launched a Supreme Court action aimed at recovering some of the company's assets.
Building products manufacturer James Hardie is offering AWAs to its casual workforce as a condition of permanent employment at its Carole Park site in Brisbane during stalled negotiations for a new collective deal.
The former principal of a college for Indigenous students in the remote Northern Territory has failed to prove she was discriminated against by the school's management.
NSW public sector faces retirement surge; AFPC publishes comments on first consultation session; Morgan poll suggests workers confused about AWAs; and POAV members vote up merger with APESMA.
In an important decision on the reach of Work Choices into state IR jurisdictions, the WA IRC has found that a contractual benefits claim isn't overridden by the federal legislation's exclusions.
Peter Costello has been a "warrior for industrial relations reform" and isn't afraid to take a tough line on IR change, Prime Minister Howard said today.
Independent schools in NSW have bypassed the teachers' union with a proposal to boost pay rates - partly by providing for stronger links to performance - while reducing conditions such as long service leave, annual leave and removing annual leave loading.
Secret ballot industrial action that starts during the new 30-day time limit could continue until the end of the bargaining period, the Federal Court has ruled in a case stressing the importance of specific wording in ballot questions.
The ship stranded in Hobart as a result of a bitter dispute over the use of foreign labour - the MV Stolt Australia - sailed for Singapore late last night after the Norwegian-based company reached an agreement with unions.
