The Australian Fair Pay Commission has dismissed, via a three sentence letter, what is believed to be the first application under Work Choices to vary award pay scales, meaning NSW security officers who fall under the new IR regime will not receive pay rises agreed to by employers in 2003.
The ABCC has won a Federal Court action against the CFMEU and one of its delegates who told three workers they had to join the union to work at a Queensland spray painters.
Employment and unemployment both rise; National day of action boosts industrial disputes figures; Resolution to dispute between APESMA and Thales? IR biting for swinging voters, ETU survey shows; and Citigroup opens childcare centre.
The Finance Sector Union has moved to a new structure that shifts power to members and gives the union a stronger national and enterprise focus and more resources at state level, while it has also reallocated resources to boost its campaigning, organising and enforcement capacity.
There is no evidence that the Fair Pay Commission's first minimum wages determination last year added to inflation or unemployment, according to its chair, Professor Ian Harper, who also said today that he would be proceeding "carefully and with great deliberation and consideration" with rationalisation of pay and classification scales.
A physiotherapy practice that told an employee she had to change her finishing time to 7pm despite knowing she only had childcare until 6pm has failed to convince the AIRC to throw out her unlawful termination claim.
A slaughterhouse company is planning a High Court action against the Immigration Department over its refusal to allow it to import temporary abattoir workers under the subclass 457 visa scheme.
The Federal Court is expected on Monday to finish hearing a CPSU bid to find the Federal Government breached freedom of association laws when it banned public servants from taking leave to attend the 2005 ACTU day of action against Work Choices.
A Rudd Labor Government would modify the five minimum conditions under Work Choices and add a "limited" number of additional standards, while leaving industry-specific conditions to simplified awards, Shadow IR Minister Julia Gillard told a conference in Sydney this morning.
The OWS has confirmed it is investigating whether call centre operator Australian Communications Exchange has breached workplace laws, while the OWS cases involving Tristar and BP were before the courts for directions.
