The IRC has agreed to Caltex's application to terminate the bargaining periods covering its refinery in Kurnell, NSW, finding there was no reasonable prospect of the company and the AWU reaching an agreement.
The NSW IRC will on Monday hear the Employers Federation's application to vary the state childcare industry award, a move the LHMU maintains is an attack on conditions.
Injured Victorian workers will have their rights restored to seek common law damages, after the State Opposition decided it wouldn't block the legislation's passage in the Upper House.
The ALP has revealed that the Australian Industrial Registry, which reports to Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith, has a clause in its enterprise agreement allowing the deal to be re-opened to compensate employees for the effects of the GST on entitlements and conditions.
Unions are certain to push for GST-related compensation in wage claims after the Federal Budget forecast that the GST will cause a mid-year 6.75% inflation spike, taking 2000-2001 financial year inflation to an annual average of 5.75%.
The NSW IRC has fined a demolition company $75,000 over serious injuries sustained by two workers when a building collapsed at the Fox Studios development in Sydney.
In a bid to ease the confusion over use of email and the internet for union activities, the FSU has developed a new standard clause for its enterprise agreements.
The NSW Court of Appeal has upheld a decision to award a lump sum payout to the dependents of a worker who committed suicide after a workplace injury that left him in constant pain.
