A NSW IRC full bench has cut industry-standard pay rises to a group of former Pacific Power workers employed in a special redeployment and redundancy scheme, limiting their increase to annual safety net adjustments.
The ALP has seized on two ACCC approvals for anti-competitive bargaining, claiming they "strip naked" the Federal Government's extreme ideological approach to the issue.
Unions have described as wrong in law and alarmist the AiG's warning that signing up to enterprise agreements containing unfair dismissal provisions would leave employers more exposed than they currently are under federal law.
Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews told a legal conference last week that the Government will reveal details of his second wave IR changes "in a few weeks", well ahead of the planned tabling of the legislation in October.
The Supreme Court of NSW has upheld a decision by the state's Transport Appeals Board stopping a former State Rail Authority employee from appealing against his dismissal for sexual harassment.
EDS Australia has lost a ballot to renew its 170LK "People Agreement" after a vigorous union campaign for a "no" vote by APESMA and the ASU in South Australia, where the IT giant's outsourcing agreements with the State Government are up for grabs.
Coca-Cola Amatil is preparing to boost its ability to attract workers as the labour shortage continues, with plans to introduce a new "employer brand" and implement an employee referral program.
In an important ruling on the reach of the NSW IRC unfair contracts jurisdiction into the domain of commercial contracts, the State's Court of Appeal majority has ruled that a large, multimillion dollar McDonald's franchise arrangement didn't have the necessary connection with the performance of work.
