To close the gap between Australian and US economic growth, Australia needs to cut minimum wages, drive people with disabilities off benefits and boost vocational education, according to a groundbreaking international benchmarking report by the OECD.
The Federal Court will tomorrow begin hearing the AWU's claim that a Victorian mushroom farm applied duress to persuade casual pickers to sign AWAs, and that it discriminated against workers who refused to sign based on their union membership and entitlement to award benefits.
AIRC rules employer should have allowed stressed employee to withdraw resignation; and upholds dismissals for gross disloyalty, lying in a security interview and failing to follow expense reimbursement procedures.
Building Taskforce considering appeal over FOA case costs decision; Greens likely to hold balance of power in WA Upper House; and Federal Parliament launches inquiry into work and family balance; Jetstar workers begin voting on deal tomorrow; and AIRC rules unpaid leave doesn’t count as service for redundancy purposes.
The CFMEU will investigate a legal challenge to the Howard Government's plan to make its Cole construction industry legislation retrospective, possibly to as far back as last year, while the PM and Treasurer have canvassed changes to setting the minimum wage.
If a Barnett Government takes power after tomorrow's WA election, it will introduce a new individual contracts stream registered by a new body independent of the State IRC, it confirmed this week with the re-release of the labour relations policy it launched last year.
The Federal Government has confirmed that it will seek to take over the States' IR functions, and that the AIRC's role in setting minimum wages is under review.
