Strippers to put case to AIRC in July; CPI slips to 2% a year but set to rise; HREOC publication reviews recent developments in workplace pregnancy and family responsibilities discrimination law; and bipartisan coalition calls for super reforms.
NSW Government agencies have mounted an assault on the NSW Labor Council's Secure Employment Test Case, saying its fetters on contracting out and use of temporary labour would render them uncompetitive by substantially increasing their costs and reducing their flexibility.
Mining employers claim Labor committed to "workable" non-union agreement stream; Employers and unions at odds over employee records protection; New paper on parliamentary super; Unfair contract claim by long-serving senior employee not a dismissal claim in disguise, says NSW IRC; High Court to hear special leave bid on whether employer required to provide work for reinstated worker; and NSW IRC in Court Session accepts first victim impact statements.
The AIRC has confirmed a ruling that allowed a bus driver to lodge a dismissal application 237 days late, after finding that his case in the NSW Transport Appeals Board did not constitute "prior proceedings" for the purposes of the Workplace Relations Act.
The BCA has urged the adoption of better work and family policies, in order to stop fertility falling below 1.65 babies per woman and boost Australia's population and workforce.
The AIRC has accepted that three related employers in a coffee shop chain are a common enterprise, and can therefore lodge an application for a single non-union agreement.
Victorian nurses/Government in compulsory conference as beds closed statewide; Double challenge to dismissal settled; and AIRC amends work and family directions.
Don't miss your chance to hear internationally-renowned speaker and consultant on recruitment and HR metrics, Dr John Sullivan, when he speaks in Australia in the first week of May.
With the first changes in 20 years to the federal redundancy safety net due to take effect tomorrow, a full bench of the AIRC has today allowed another fortnight for submissions on key issues employer groups have raised.
