Metals award most likely to stymie management, says IPA; Australia elected to ILO governing body; Nurses blame Working Women’s Centre closure on federal funds freeze; AWAs paying non-managers 2% less than certified agreements, says academic; and Senate committee says Cole legislation should be passed without amendment.
The AIRC has today asked the MBA to provide a formal response to the CFMEU construction division's proposal to boost apprentices' award wages as part of a strategy to address the industry's critical skills shortage.
While unions are confident of being able to retain unfair dismissal protection at organised sites via bargaining, one of the ironies to emerge from the Coalition's planned radical expansion of its unfair dismissal exemption is that many genuinely small businesses - which were behind the exemption move in the first place - will still be caught by state laws because they are unincorporated.
The DEWR has told Victorian builders their 2005-08 pattern agreement complies with its construction code of practice, but Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews is warning employers to be wary, reminding them he is preparing to shift the code goalposts.
The Victorian Trades Hall Council has criticised the AIRC for discriminating against the majority of award-covered employees in the State by delaying the safety net increase by almost two months.
The AIRC's seven-member national wage bench has used what seems certain to be its final living wage decision to strongly defend its minimum rate setting record during the Coalition's nine-year reign.
John Holland chair Janet Holmes a Court told the AHRI national convention today that the company had attracted more than 15,000 applicants to its employment website, after an advertising campaign that sought to attract workers from outside the construction industry for a massive road project.
