Reserve Bank Governor Ian Macfarlane today told a parliamentary committee that he did not expect Work Choices to affect the economy within the next 12-to-18 months, but he did expect that in the long term it would be "beneficial".
The OEA will stop sending letters seeking the consent of workers signed up to AWAs by their employers as a result of the passage of the Work Choices Act, a Senate Committee has heard.
The ABCC's extraordinary powers to exclude lawyers from representing people in its hearings have been exercised "on a handful of occasions" - but always against the same lawyer, a Senate Committee heard yesterday.
Big jump in paid maternity, paternity leave, EOWA survey shows; Costa assumes Treasury portfolio after Iemma Government reshuffle; and ACTU attacks temporary skilled visas.
The Award Review Taskforce is set to commission an "award relevance study" to analyse the extent of compliance with and reliance on awards by employers, after a pilot study showed widespread non-compliance or non-reliance, according to its chair, Matthew O'Callaghan.
Mothers in part-time work are increasingly wanting longer hours, while higher-skilled jobs are associated with greater negative impacts on family life, according to new research.
The Federal Government has hailed a significant reduction in absentee rates among Centrelink employees, attributed by the agency to new initiatives including early intervention and rehabilitation and more flexible working arrangements.
Employees at the University of Ballarat have launched a class action, claiming the employer has breached the Workplace Relations Act by making false and misleading statements about the AWAs it is offering.
