Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott has today released the exposure draft of his Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill, which sets up the building industry watchdog recommended by the Cole Royal Commission and clamps down on unions.
An AIRC full bench has clarified the requirement that there must be a 14-day period between employers giving employees written notice of their intention to make a s170LK agreement and then making the agreement.
New video resume service to save employers money; Survey shows employers slow to adopt paid maternity leave; Casual loadings rise in building awards but not in glass industry; AIRC bench clarifies access to dismissal claims for high-paid; and Western Sydney Orbital workers back on job after deal struck.
An AIRC full bench has stressed that the specific conditions of an agreement must be compared with the underlying award when applying the no disadvantage test, rather than looking at the agreement's overall terms and conditions.
Fair termination bill passes; AIRC passes Sheraton deals after changes to contractors clause; SA IR Court upholds fines for blocking entry to site; and AIRC upholds sacking of mineworker over unauthorised absences.
More than 50,000 teachers in NSW are expected to walk off the job tomorrow over a bargaining dispute, along with thousands more in Western Australia and Victoria, in the first ever national public education strike.
Qantas and TWU resolve labour hire dispute; Commissioner failed to give fair hearing, says bench; NSW Police Commissioner fails to strike out vicarious liability claim; Contractor deeming case proceeds in Queensland; Judge ruminates on confidential information; and Correction to CPSU election article.
In an important win for the AWU, the NSW IRC has ruled that the new owner of the Elura mine in Cobar will have to grant the existing workforce preference of employment when it takes over from tomorrow.