The Howard Government's plan to create a unitary IR system by moving the regulatory underpinnings from the Constitution's labour power to the corporations power is a radical shift that the High Court might be obliged to curb, according to Sydney University Dean of Law, Ron McCallum.
New airline startup OzJet is looking to labour hire companies to fill all back-of-house jobs, but it intends to hire employees directly for its customer service roles.
Productivity stalls on the docks; New jobs for Bennett and Billing; Former AIRC presidential members say Howard Government wage case claims "inaccurate and misleading"; New super policy to keep older workers in the job; and Greens MLC to introduce private member's bill to protect workers' entitlements.
The NSW Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the State's Fire Brigades against a finding that it discriminated against a firefighter who was blind in one eye when it denied him training and promotional opportunities.
The NSW Court of Appeal has ruled a delivery driver was an independent contractor, on the basis that his ownership of a truck, ability to designate a substitute driver and treatment as a PPS taxpayer all weighed against him being categorised as an employee.
Employees transferred from one employing entity to another during a company restructure will not be subject to any post-employment restraints unless specific provision is made for them, the NSW Supreme Court has ruled.
The Government's endorsement overnight of the UK's model for setting minimum wages is simply code for saying it wants to cut workers' pay by removing the independent AIRC from the picture, Shadow IR Minister Stephen Smith said today.
A full bench of the SA IRC has overturned a finding that a council unfairly dismissed a pool manager who kicked a boy in the bottom and tapped him on the back of the head for being cheeky.
Unions have today announced they will launch a national week-long offensive in late June - including substantial spending on advertising - to improve public awareness of the implications of the Howard Government's plans for IR change.
