The Federal Court today ordered nearly 300 maintenance workers at Toyota's Altona factory in Victoria to stop a three-day strike in breach of a s496 order issued by the AIRC.
With employers facing fines of up to $33,000 for lodging agreements containing prohibited content, they have asked the OEA since Work Choices became law to conduct preliminary reviews of more than 1,800 deals – a process unions claim is complicating agreement-making and resulting in provisions being removed unnecessarily.
Most people who are dissatisfied with their working hours soon find a happier arrangement but over-employment remains persistent for more than 8% of Australian workers, according to unpublished findings from the latest phase of the HILDA survey.
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited will today seek individual orders from the Federal Court against more than 300 maintenance workers to force them to end a strike that started on Tuesday at its Altona manufacturing facility. However, it says the stoppage and a picket line is yet to affect production.
Employers in WA whose trading corporation status is unclear face the prospect of having dismissed employees reinstated on an interim basis, following a ruling today by the State's IRC.
Qantas and the AMWU and AWU have struck an in-principle enterprise deal that allows the airline to schedule RDOs more flexibly at its Sydney and Melbourne maintenance facilities.
ALP slams community legal centres funding cuts; ACTU says Telstra cutting contractor rates; Companies encouraging "walking class heroes"; New providers for EAP; and Correction to charter of employment rights story.
The AIRC has upheld the dismissal of a male Foxtel call centre team leader who sent what was intended to be a humorous reply to another male team leader's sexual fantasy email about a female employee.
The Australian Institute of Employment Rights this week is beginning wide-ranging public consultations on its plan to develop a Charter of Employment Rights to underpin alternatives to the Work Choices laws.
