The Howard Government's Electrolux legislation has today passed Parliament, while the other three bills introduced by Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews since the election have been referred to a Senate committee.
Sakata workers go back after deal struck with NUW; Shadow IR Minister clarifies stance on AWAs; Collective deals set pay in public sector but individual deals do the job in private sector; Blyth replaces Donnelly as WR Minister Andrews’ chief of staff; and Guide available to gender-specific scholarships legislation.
A full bench of the Tasmanian Supreme Court has upheld the extensive powers of the State's Industrial Commission, in a ruling endorsing the tribunal's order to reinstate 17 meatworkers who had resisted "sham" independent contractor arrangements.
The Howard Government has today re-introduced its legislation to exempt small businesses from severance pay obligations imposed by the AIRC's Redundancy Test Case ruling in March.
After initially offering AWAs to employees throughout its Australian operations, The Smith Family has struck a s170LJ certified agreement to cover its 300-plus workers. The deal includes a novel salary packaging arrangement that involves workers returning part of their packaging benefit to the employer.
Employers are advertising more often and in more channels to attract good applicants, says ANZ chief economist; and OECD urges Australia to develop better strategy for mature age workers.
The NSW IRC says Linfox was right to dismiss a truck driver who tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine, despite TWU concerns over the drug-testing procedure.
The new non-union agreement for Prime Minister John Howard's own department mandates that employees take at least five days annual leave, while any recalcitrants can be directed by department head Peter Shergold to have a break.
