The ACTU is set to limit its national award wage case application in line with the Work Choices legislation, leaving arbitrated pay rises for up to two million workers directly in the hands of the state industrial commissions.
State governments should legislate to protect workers and unions against common law damages for industrial action, industrial barrister Steve Crawshaw SC told a recent forum.
The Work Choices legislation shows that Prime Minister John Howard has failed to fulfil his 1983 promise to turn HB Higgins "on his head" and that he continues to accept the Marxist dogmas that inspired the labour movement in the late 19th Century, according to HR Nicholls Society president, Ray Evans.
Alcoa's policy of taking strong disciplinary action against employees who breach safe work standards has been upheld by the AIRC, but it has recommended the company moderate the punishment.
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Imposing a record $25,000 penalty on the AMWU last month for contravening the Workplace Relations Act was justified because the union had four previous contraventions and needed to be deterred from further transgressions, according to reasons for decision released by the Federal Court today.
The Striptease Artists Association of Australia has won a breakthrough in its long-running bid for a national award governing the industry, with the AIRC today issuing a formal dispute finding against around 300 erotic dance clubs across the country.
The main new sources for workers as the labour market contracts over the next 20 years will be women with dependents and older people, according to a new Victorian Government taskforce report, released today, that says annual growth in the State's workforce will slow from the 1.5% achieved over the last decade to 0.7% over the next decade.
Coles Myer has moved all of its job recruitment online, with its electronic systems processing 600,000 applications a year and reducing "time to hire" to just two weeks.
