Queensland's peak union body has today outlined its agenda for greater regulation of the labour hire sector, in an address to the State's IR Society, while IR Minister Tom Barton has detailed plans to make family-friendly amendments to IR legislation.
A full bench of the AIRC has declared an industrial advocate "not a fit and proper person" to appear before it, labelling as "disgraceful" his behaviour in an unfair dismissal matter.
The NSW Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by an employer to have declared beyond jurisdiction a contempt finding against it by the NSW IRC (in Court Session).
PM attacks Opposition over awards; DaimlerChrysler executives say they'll take a pay cut if workers agree to flexibility; and ALLA releases conference program.
The WA assistant secretary of the CFMEU (construction division), Joe McDonald, and organiser Michael Buchan have had their State right of entry permits suspended for three months for obstructing a concrete pour at the Burswood casino site.
In an important judgment, the UK's House of Lords has made it clear it believes it would be logical to extend the common law duty of trust and confidence to encompass an obligation to dismiss employees fairly and in good faith.
In a blow to the MUA leadership, members at the four big container terminals around Australia have voted down a new deal with Patrick that banishes casual employment.
The NSW Court of Appeal has today halted the "march" of the NSW IRC's s106 unfair contracts jurisdiction into commercial contracts and handed respondents a rapid new way to fend off commercial s106 claims.
Pilbara unions have had a double victory today, winning a 12% pay increase for award workers employed by BHP Billiton and gaining support from union members for the new Pilbara Mineworkers Union.
In a warning to Victorian employers, a worker who was discriminated against when her employer commented to a supervisor about her weight has been awarded $2,500 compensation.
