AIRC Vice President Iain Ross will this Friday convene a conciliation conference in a further bid to resolve issues relating to the intervention of superannuation funds in the Victorian common rule awards test case.
Qantas has announced plans to establish a base for 400 cabin crew in London by the middle of 2005 and slash costs by $18m a year, with existing flight attendants to be given priority for the jobs.
The Democrats have today dashed the Howard Government's hopes of passing its Cole legislation, revealing the party will oppose passage of the bill "outright", because it "cannot be salvaged or amended".
The Democrats and the Howard Government have today announced they have reached agreement on introducing a choice of superannuation regime from July 1 next year, while a former advisor to PM Paul Keating says 9% super contributions will provide adequate retirement incomes.
The CCI of WA will oppose in full a UnionsWA application seeking a maximum of 16 weeks redundancy pay for the State's employees without many of the limitations imposed by the AIRC in its recent test case decision.
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With protected action against three Victorian electricity distributors still suspended for another month, the AIRC will next week hear an application by a fourth company, AGL's electricity distribution arm Agility, to terminate the ETU, ASU and APESMA's bargaining periods.
In further examples of non-union collective deals failing to get certified because employees weren't properly notified of their right to be represented by a union, the AIRC has within a week knocked back two more agreements.
The Howard Government has conceded that its new laws outlawing age discrimination are aimed at encouraging attitudinal change rather than constraining business flexibility.
The Democrats have today rejected the Federal Government's plans to further reduce the scope of federal awards and to significantly curb unions' ability to take protected industrial action.
