Craven gives States one in three chance with High Court; Multi-millionaire Macquarie Bank executives get 15% pay increase, as Andrews argues for State tribunals to hold off on pay rises; No breach at Bendigo mine site, says ABCC; New guidance on right of entry under Work Choices; and HSUA seeks name change.
On the eve of the Federal Government introducing its independent contractors legislation, the High Court has held that principals are not vicariously liable for the negligent actions of independent contractors they engage if there is an arms-length relationship between them.
The proportion of male employees entitled to paid paternity leave has doubled in the four years to 2005, according to a new survey of medium to large employers by the Equal Opportunity Agency.
CFMEU mining and energy division members are set to strike or impose work bans at United Collieries' mine in NSW after conducting the first secret ballot for industrial action under Work Choices.
WA-based construction company Hanssen Pty Ltd has confirmed it has will soon have brought in about 70 sponsored Filipino workers, while former State IR minister Graham Kierath is heading to Manila to try to streamline processing arrangements.
Labor to advance skills, establish up to 260 child care centres near schools; Who dunnit? AIRC asks; It's Gleeson, not Wilcox!; AIRC full bench rejects CFMEU rail tunnel s127 appeal; ABCC investigating mineworkers' pay docking allegation; and FAAA-Qantas agreement not discriminatory, says AIRC.
The two trapped Beaconsfield miners may be out but the debate over the impact of Work Choices on OHS continues, with Shadow IR Minister Stephen Smith this morning maintaining that the prohibited content and right of entry rules in the federal legislation undermined workplace safety.
In a decision canvassing the concept of joint employment, NSW IRC Commissioner Ian Cambridge says that in many instances "extensive, costly litigation could be avoided if statutory provisions clearly provided for joint or multiple employers".
