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ILO ratification could lead to national OHS law

The Federal Government now has the power to introduce national OHS legislation via the External Affairs power, after it ratified the ILO's Convention on Occupational Safety and Health.

"Who started it" is not the issue, rules full bench

A full bench of the AIRC has ruled that establishing who instigated a fight in the workplace is not as important as considering the overall circumstances in which it occurred.


AIRC increases redundancy pay, removes small business exemption

In the first change to the federal redundancy safety net in 20 years, a full bench of the AIRC has doubled to 16 weeks employees' maximum severance payment and, for the first time, extended a severance pay entitlement to small business employees, but capped at eight weeks.



Interim Building taskforce to become permanent

In what appears to be an acknowledgment by the Howard Government that its Cole legislation will at best be heavily amended, Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews has today upgraded the building taskforce to a permanent body.


Round two in the AIRC scheduled for former ABC presenter

The AIRC has found that the ABC breached its enterprise agreement when it refused to re-appoint former Radio National presenter Susanna Lobez to her role on The Law Report after a period of leave.