The Federal Court has today found that the CFMEU (construction and general division), an organiser and a delegate discriminated against a worker on a construction site who refused to join the union.
Nigel Hadgkiss has been appointed the permanent head of the Building Industry Taskforce, after being seconded from the Australian Crime Commission in October 2002.
The NSW IRC has questioned the competency of a worker's representative who advised him to proceed with a shaky dismissal claim lodged 35 days out of time.
The AIRC will approve a set of substandard AWAs if it receives undertakings from the employer that base rates will be adjusted to reflect the Commission's annual safety net review decisions.
AMWU launches new equal pay claim; Super law changes to accommodate same sex partners; Bank of Ireland head resigns after accessing inappropriate material on internet; Flight attendants say Qantas preparing to move one in four long haul cabin crew jobs offshore; Costs ordered against lying employees; DEWR starts compliance campaign in construction; and AIRC expands eSubs email notification system.
Casual university employees have won a higher loading and - for general staff – the right to convert to permanent under an award variation agreement reached between the universities and the five unions that cover them.
In two AWU deals still to be voted on, operators at BP's oil refinery at Bulwer Island in Brisbane stand to receive a 12% pay increase over two years, while their counterparts at Shell in Geelong will get an extra seven days off a year, but a lower wage rise.
The AIRC has called Victoria's electricity distributors and the State's electrical unions to a series of compulsory conferences next week aimed at resolving the protracted bargaining disputes that are disrupting supply in Melbourne and regional Victoria.
