The AMMA has rejected the ALP's argument that common law contracts can replace AWAs, saying they will not be an adequate alternative without enabling legislation.
Queensland's power unions have wrapped up the latest bargaining round with the bulk of the State's generators, while negotiations are underway with the trouble-plagued distribution companies.
The ALP has promised to boost by $40 million the federal Wageline service, with Shadow Workplace Relations Minister Craig Emerson claiming it has been run down under the Howard Government.
A full bench of the AIRC has reserved its decision on the NUW's application to ensure Victorian award employees aren't penalised financially when serving on juries.
Eleven years after the Kennett Government abolished Victorian awards, 350,000 of the State's workers have today moved a step closer to having their employment regulated by federal common rule awards, after an AIRC full bench reserved its decision on the rollout of the new system.
The uncertainty surrounding the use of federal greenfields agreements for employers involved in major resource and construction projects has been removed today, following an AIRC full bench decision.
A company that unilaterally decided to cut its chief executive's $173,000 pay packet by 10% committed an anticipatory breach of the man's employment contract that entitled him to consider it rescinded, the NSW Court of Appeal has ruled.
