The South Australian Industrial Relations Commission today ordered pay rises of $17 to $18 a week for the State's award workers - less than the $20 granted last month by the NSW and WA IRCs - in a decision that signals the end of uniform minimum wage fixing across Australia.
A Federal Court full bench has found that visiting medical officers are not employees, in a ruling that halts an attempt by a group of ACT VMOs to register a union.
Roxon writes to PM on O'Sullivan appointment; Spotlight AWAs get even worse, says ALP; Beazley billboards go up; How the AIRC's panels have changed; Australia Post discontinues company doctor appeal; and the AMWU says scrapping R&D program "unintelligent".
The CFMEU's mining and energy division is pursuing unlawful termination and duress actions on behalf of Lorissa Stevens, the 21-year-old trainee mineworker who alleges she was bullied, harassed and then dismissed when she refused to sign an AWA last month.
The new Work Choices rules on secret ballots for industrial action don't require the nature of the proposed action to be spelt out in a highly prescriptive form, the AIRC has held.
The Melbourne call centre that services German airline Lufthansa's customers could be breaching state and federal equal opportunity and anti-discrimination laws by offering AWAs that reduce workers' pay if they use their sick or carer's leave, according to legal advice obtained by the ASU.
Nursing home secret ballot case referred to conciliation; New remuneration and compensation limits for unfair dismissal claims; 4.4% rise for Fair Pay Commissioners; and new panels for AIRC.
South Grafton Abattoir faces compensation payments of more than $130,000 for breaching the pre-Work Choices freedom of association provisions after a successful prosecution by the Employment Advocate in the Federal Court.
