The TWU's national office has won its appeal against the first order to stop industrial action under Work Choices, after the employer companies agreed that the order should only apply to the union's NSW branch.
An Adelaide hairdresser has missed out on the prize of a car she won from her employer as part of an incentive program because she did not comply with a requirement to keep working for the company, even though she was unaware of it.
Government savages Beazley's AWA abolition amid more Work Choices fears; Three SA IRC members snuffed by Work Choices; Correction - Triangle Cables was the first operational reasons dismissal ruling under Work Choices; and ABC Learning employees dissatisfied with conditions, says report.
The AIRC has rejected an unfair dismissal application under the Work Choices exclusion for "genuine operational reasons" and has noted that few employees will have the resources or capability to challenge such an employer claim.
All NSW Government workers will be protected from Work Choices, after Premier Morris Iemma committed to shielding 30,000 employees of State-owned corporations from the legislation, in addition to the 186,000 Crown employees already sheltered from the federal legislation.
The AIRC has agreed to delay a secret ballot by 24 hours to ensure that attendance at the workplace isn't hampered by the Australia-Brazil World Cup soccer clash, which will be broadcast from 1.30am eastern time on Monday, June 19.
The ALP is seeking to highlight the room for individual negotiation within both the collective bargaining and the common law contracts streams as it comes under attack from the Coalition and employer groups over Opposition Leader Kim Beazley's weekend announcement that a Labor Government would scrap AWAs.
ACTU secretary Greg Combet and Sydney University Professor of Law Ron McCallum - two of the strongest critics of the Howard Government's Work Choices changes - have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours list.
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley had today made it clear he will abolish AWAs if he takes power at the next election, while he has ruled out the introduction of any other form of statutory individual contract.