Construction employers in Victoria will meet tomorrow morning to determine whether a compromise reached with the CFMEU on a double-time provision in the new in-principle industry deal is enough to clear the way for the signing-up process to begin.
The Victorian mushroom farm the AWU took to court for allegedly sacking workers for refusing to sign its AWAs has now had those same AWAs rejected by the OEA.
The Federal Court has today ordered major construction company Barclay Mowlem to pay a $6,000 penalty for failing to accept a contractor's tender because it had engaged non-union workers under AWAs.
About 80,000 Coles Supermarkets and Bi-Lo employees have won a 10.45% pay rise over three years and up to two years unpaid parental leave under a new enterprise agreement up for certification today, while Coles Myers' liquor group employees have won an 11.8% pay rise over three years under a separate deal.
The Howard Government would continue to allow an independent body to set the minimum wage, but it would prefer that body wasn’t the AIRC, Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews said today.
The NTEU has today condemned the announcement by Federal Education Minister, Brendan Nelson, that he intended to reintroduce IR changes that were rejected by the Senate in 2003.
The Productivity Commission has raised doubts about the wisdom of the Howard Government's unilateral push for a unitary IR system, saying it could remove any scope for "beneficial" competition between federal and state systems.