The CFMEU (mining & energy division) and South Blackwater Coal are back in the IRC today in an attempt to resolve the dispute over drug testing that led to a series of stand-downs involving about 250 workers at the company's central Queensland operations this week.
The settlement of the dispute between CUB and its production employees in Melbourne this week shows that Campaign 2000 is spreading beyond the metal industry.
The metal industry unions in Victoria today claimed a big scalp in Campaign 2000, with BHP agreeing to the break-out deal provisions plus more to settle the dispute at its OneSteel tube mill in Sunshine, Victoria.
The FSU has reduced its 13% over two years pay claim at the Commonwealth Bank in a bid to reach settlement, with an amended claim for a guaranteed increase of 8.5% over two years for most employees, plus performance pay averaging 2%.
New domestic airline entrant Impulse Airlines is pursuing an IR strategy that is a radical departure from aviation industry norms, with its pilots and flight attendants provided by a labour supplier, engaged as contractors and rewarded with dividends rather than wages.
The MUA's shelf company, MUA-HTS, applied yesterday for a s127 order against Esso, claiming it has directed offshore oil employees in the Bass Strait to work in contravention of what the non-union employees claim are protected bans.
The HREOC has ordered a company and a male employee to pay $25,000 in damages for sexually harassing, sexually discriminating against and victimising a female employee.
Capral Aluminium Limited's failed appeal against a $150,000 OHS fine should help clarify the terms under which the NSW IRC imposes significant fines against corporate re-offenders.
In a ruling highly critical of the Commonwealth Bank's investigation processes, the Federal Court has overturned a finding that it was justified in dismissing an employee it accused of stealing $27,400.
