Holden supplier to meet with unions today in bid to resolve bargaining impasse; and AIRC upholds dismissal of Westpac branch manager who reversed her account fees.
Esso has hindered genuine bargaining between its Bass Strait mechanical and engineering contractors and unions, the IRC has found today in refusing a bid by the contractors to terminate their certified agreements.
The NSW IRC has today made its first ever Anton Pillar order, to ensure evidence relating to an employment contract is preserved until a s106 unfair contract case goes to trial.
Employers need definitive evidence before refusing employment on the basis of a medical condition - even for emergency services personnel, a tribunal has found in a case involving a colour blind man.
5% interim pay rise for NSW aged care nurses; Labour productivity growth at six-year high; NSW enterprise and contract agreements now available online; BCA warns that Greens will push Labor IR agenda to the Left; Letter to the editor from Bob Whyburn; and Forsyth moves to Corrs.
Yesterday's High Court Electrolux decision handed the AiG a straightforward victory on the three key planks of its appeal, but it also created uncertainty over significant bargaining issues, including the validity of a raft of certified agreements and the type of provisions now likely to be deemed as not pertaining to the employment relationship.
