ACTU secretary Greg Combet has clarified how the proposed new collective bargaining rights he outlined on Wednesday would work, while he says polling in marginal seats indicates strong support for the changes unions are seeking.
The AMMA has written to Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews seeking exemption from prosecution for companies that fail to comply with Work Choices' onerous record keeping obligation but are clearly not underpaying their workers.
The NSW IRC has wide discretion to make conditional reinstatement orders, even to the point of requiring an employee to abstain from alcohol during and after working hours and submit to a rigorous drug testing regime, a full bench has ruled.
ABCC to appeal Federal Court decision on payment for industrial action; Noonan elected national secretary of CFMEU construction division; Worker loses one of first unfair dismissal cases decided under Work Choices; and AIRC releases fact sheet on how to apply for a dispute to be resolved.
Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews has accused ACTU secretary Greg Combet of revealing that Labor's alternative IR policy would not require the majority support of employees for a collective agreement.
The ACTU's alternative IR plan released today only requires majority support for collective agreements through a workplace ballot if employers refuse to negotiate, and clears the way for industrial action in pursuit of multi-employer and industry-wide agreements.
An AIRC full bench has overturned an order for a secret ballot, after finding the description of the proposed industrial action was too vague and meaningless and that the union was actively pursuing prohibited content in a common law deed.
The AiG has criticised Opposition Leader Kim Beazley's majority rules collective bargaining commitment as "perhaps the most backward-looking of all the workplace relations policies which the ALP has announced".
