The LHMU and employers will begin talks before the AIRC next week to finalise substantial pay rises for child care workers in Victoria and the ACT, following last week’s full bench ruling on work value and pay relativities in the industry.
In a vital post-Electrolux ruling, the Federal Court has found the AMWU and two officials coerced a coal mining company when it took unprotected industrial action in October in pursuit of matters that didn't pertain to the employment relationship.
2005 is the year the Howard Government will finally get the chance to stamp its mark on IR unfettered by the Senate. Workplace Express - in our final story for 2004 - looks at some of the key areas to watch out for over the next 12 months.
A Victorian employer has appealed against a move by the AIRC to conciliate a dispute over whether employees should be covered by AWAs or a collective agreement.
It is "verging on the obscene" to deny unfair dismissal remedies to small business employees, as they are the category of workers most in need of protection, according to Corrs partner Breen Creighton.
An employer who hired a topless waitress for a work Christmas party was not guilty of sexual harassment or discrimination against its female secretary who was working nearby, the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal has found.
The Prime Minister, John Howard, may have "flogged the union bogey mercilessly" during the federal election campaign, but the reality was the ALP under Mark Latham's leadership continued to keep industrial labour out of the policy development loop, according to ACTU senior research officer, Grant Belchamber.
PM John Howard has rejected a call by the "gang of 20" to establish a wide-ranging inquiry to develop options for further IR change. However, he confirmed the Government is planning to use the corporations power to extend the reach of the federal IR system.
After a long and hard-fought campaign, unions and asbestos groups have today signed a Heads of Agreement with James Hardie that will provide uncapped funding to asbestos victims for at least 40 years.
