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News in brief, June 16, 2004

Conflict intensifies over what constitutes proper service of notices of intended industrial action; Former NSW nursing union officials pursue unfair contract claims; NSW teachers to stop work on June 25; and US Government report says Australian IR "highly centralised".

Lloyd's Cole efforts win him a gong

DEWR deputy secretary John Lloyd has won a Queen's Birthday Honour for his contributions to the Cole Royal Commission into the building and construction industry, while the NSW Labor Council's Ernie Razborsek, who died in July, has also been recognised.

HR manager gets job back after tribunal finds flaws in inquiry

The sacking of a NSW Government agency's HR manager has been declared void by the NSW IRC in Court Session because the internal inquiry which led to her dismissal failed to meet the requirements of public sector management legislation.

Victorian teacher fails in discrimination case

A Geelong teacher has failed to establish that she was directly or indirectly discriminated against by theVictorian Department of Education and Training when a transfer between schools did not proceed while she was on sick leave from her former school.

News in brief, June 15, 2004

Cole inquiry seeks extension to June 21; Beattie Government gives $1.8m to Trade Union Education Fund; Victorian paramedics impose work bans; New paper on privacy implications of location detection systems; Howard Government appoints new Privacy Commissioner; Men need time off for family emergencies, says ACTU; ABS report tracks increase in child care usage over past decade; and Workplace Express "what's on" section updated.

NTEU has separate Monash deal thrown out

The NTEU has used jurisdictional arguments to defeat a deal between Monash University and the CFMEU and CEPU which, it maintained, was struck as part of the university's "divide and rule" game.



News in brief, June 10, 2004

AIRC stays ANZ walkthroughs; Queensland unions rally over Beattie support for free trade agreement; and AIRC knocks back s170LK deal.