The Award Review Taskforce has recommended against any immediate rationalisation of preserved award pay and classification scales until further research and consultation is conducted. It has also allocated all awards to 19 industry-based divisions, in a hint of where it might be heading with award rationalisation.
When unions notify their intention to take industrial action, they might have to be more specific about the nature of the action than when they ask members to support the action in a secret ballot, according to AiG national IR director Stephen Smith.
The Federal Court has refused an application by BHP Billiton Iron Ore for an interlocutory order stopping the WA IRC from hearing a union dispute, rejecting the company's argument that Work Choices removed the State Commission's jurisdiction.
Protected and unprotected industrial action appears to have plummeted under Work Choices, with AIRC data showing a substantial reduction in applications over the past five months to initiate bargaining periods and to halt unlawful industrial action.
Queensland IR Court broadens scope for unfair contract applications; AMWU plans Radio Rentals strike after first secret ballot win in SA; and NSW doubles small claims limit for unpaid workers to $20,000.
One in every two Work Choices termination of employment applications claims that the worker was dismissed for unlawful discriminatory reasons, according to the AIRC's President, Justice Geoffrey Giudice.
Former Ansett employees will next week receive another $46.9 million in a sixth dividend payment from company administrators after a creditors meeting yesterday approved pooling arrangements for the 40 companies in the failed airlines group, ending lengthy Federal Court proceedings on the carve-up
Employer greenfields agreements provided the lowest pay increases of all collective deals lodged in the June quarter this year, according to the latest data from DEWR.
CCIWA to coordinate national advisor program; Memorial service for building union veteran John Cummins; Only five top companies have 25% women as directors and executives, says EOWA; Poor response so far to ABC ballot; and ACCC releases more details on CFMEU action.
