Shadow Federal IR Minister, Stephen Smith, has today launched a petition calling on the Coalition to guarantee that no individual Australian would be worse off under its proposed changes to minimum wage fixing.
NSW Liberal Leader John Brogden might be happy to hand over his State's IR system to Canberra on winning office, but other conservative State Oppositions are finding themselves on the same side as their ALP counterparts in opposing a federal IR takeover
The High Court will tomorrow in Sydney hear applications for special leave to appeal in three cases involving the scope of the NSW unfair contracts jurisdiction.
The AIG will push the Howard Government to legislate to overcome a new AIRC full bench ruling that will allow thousands of employees engaged for specific tasks or periods to make unfair dismissal claims.
Victorian construction employers clear way for pattern deal; Andrews says takeover of state IR not an attack on federalism; AWU seeks to cover professional netballers; and ABS reports on measures of progress.
Australia's federal unfair dismissal laws might be 11 years old, but their constitutionality could become an issue if the ALP states decide to square up to the Federal Government on IR, according to a Sydney barrister.
Long-time industrial barrister Steve Rothman, SC, has been appointed to the NSW Supreme Court by the Carr Government, while Attorney-General Bob Debus is expected to announce the State's new Chief Industrial Magistrate within days.
Construction employers in Victoria will meet tomorrow morning to determine whether a compromise reached with the CFMEU on a double-time provision in the new in-principle industry deal is enough to clear the way for the signing-up process to begin.
