A low-paid security guard who was engaged as an independent contractor has used the NSW IRC's s106 unfair contracts jurisdiction - often derided as a playground for high flyers - to win more than $90,000, plus costs, to compensate her for being denied award rates of pay.
The ANF has launched an appeal against the latest ruling to prevent it certifying an agreement for a Swan Hill aged care facility, while in another appeal it is contesting a finding that salary sacrifice arrangements do not pertain to the employment relationship.
The crucial Democrats' position on the Government's Electrolux Bill won't be revealed until the legislation is debated in the Senate, probably tomorrow, as the Senate inquiry report released this evening contains only the Government and Opposition positions. Meanwhile, two more IR bills are be introduced this week, including the right of entry legislation promised during the election campaign.
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WA's gender pay equity inquiry has recommended employers conduct pay equity audits and that the State Government establish a pay equity unit to help close the State's 22.6% gender pay gap.
A deal between BHP Billiton and the CFMEU (mining & energy division) that settled a protracted bargaining dispute in the NSW Illawarra region has been certified by the AIRC, with another BHPB Illawarra coal workforce yesterday voting up its new agreement. The Commission also approved a BHPB Hunter Valley coal deal, and an agreement for a coal loading facility managed by Rio Tinto.
The Ford review of WA's IR legislation recommends introducing a s170LK-style non-union collective agreement stream, a regime of protected industrial action and tighter right of entry provisions.
Suncorp Metway's pleas for the Senate to amend the Howard Government's Electrolux bill have turned out to be unnecessary, after the AIRC today certified its non-union enterprise agreement.
Labor’s new Shadow IR Minister, Stephen Smith, has left the door open on the possibility that the Opposition will support the Howard Government’s bill exempting small business from redundancy payments.
