The Federal Government has this morning confirmed to the AIRC that it will be via the Work Choices regulations that part-heard matters affecting constitutional corporations will lapse when the legislation is enacted.
The Federal Government is in the process of establishing a register of private alternative dispute resolution providers for use under the Work Choices legislation, the Attorney-General, Phillip Ruddock, said this week.
A Brisbane private hospital that provides on-site child care, up to 12 weeks maternity leave and a week’s extra annual leave for night-shift workers has won this year’s work and family award for large employers.
Queensland National politicians have this afternoon upped the pressure on the federal Coalition to consider amendments to its Work Choices legislation, crossing the floor to back a Beattie Government motion that all Queensland Senators reject the bill when it comes before them next week.
The Federal Government and the ACCI will tomorrow seek to intervene to support the MBA's bid to have adjourned a long-running application by the CFMEU (construction and general division) to increase award rates for apprentices.
The effect of the ageing workforce will start to bite in the next five years, with 195,000 fewer workers available in 2010 than there otherwise would have been, according to new research commissioned by DEWR.
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An employer that failed to provide light duties to a heavily pregnant employee has been ordered to pay her $7,500 in compensation, while in a separate case, an anti-discrimination tribunal has refused to grant an exemption to allow a Baptist Church agency to only employ people with certain Christian beliefs.
Wage growth in federal enterprise agreements remains strong, edging up to 4.1% a year, largely as a result of substantial pay rises in the public sector.
