$1,000 in free shares for workers as Pacific Brands floats; Damages for man wrongly arrested and dragged away from workplace; 25% want performance pay, says survey; and HSU clears way for restructure.
In a vital interlocutory ruling, a Federal Court judge has accepted that an enterprise agreement might at law be a contract rather than just a statutory instrument and that picketing might constitute industrial action.
The Australian Principals Federation has made a second bid to register as a union under the Workplace Relations Act, while the ANF is seeking rule changes.
The AIRC's seven-member 2004 national wage case full bench has today torn strips off the Federal Government for failing to table the results of an ABS survey on whether safety net wage rises influence employers' hiring decisions.
In a speech delivered early this week before today's release of the text of the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement, former AIRC member Errol Hodder said too little attention had been given to the IR implications of the deal.
Internationally-renowned speaker, author and consultant on HR metrics, Dr John Sullivan, is to speak in Australia in May, in two forums sponsored by Workplace Express.
The AIRC will now have the power to issue interim s127 orders to halt unlawful industrial action, after heavily amended legislation passed the Parliament today, while four other IR bills have been referred to a Senate committee.
A review of workplace privacy by the Federal Attorney-General's Department and DEWR has canvassed amending the WR Act to require certified agreements and AWAs to include privacy provisions.
Transmission bill passes Parliament; AIRC's Cartwright to head up Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal; CFMEU pleads guilty to coercion at Sydney's Sutherland Hospital; CEOs outline benefits of better gender equity; Updates for papers on federal parliamentary remuneration and super; and parties ordered to pay own costs in NSW sex offender exemption case.
The conduct of a manager who repeatedly called and attempted to visit an employee at home amounted to harassment and was a valid reason for dismissal, the AIRC has found.
