The LHMU is seeking to change its name to reflect its acronym and to extend or clarify its coverage in paint, liquor, hospitality, prisons and supported employment, while the ASU has applied to cover customer service and call centre employees at the largely non-union Optus.
Five months after the ACTU lodged its work and family test case claim, the conciliation process finally looks like wrapping up - but with complicated procedural matters still to be decided.
Excessive monitoring and surveillance of employees can damage workplace relationships and destroy morale, an IR academic told a forum in Sydney yesterday.
The Federal Government has caved in on its plan to link $404 million of its higher education package to a requirement that universities offer AWAs that over-ride certified agreements.
NSW teachers going out for two days next year over pay; Last-minute negotiations today to avert tomorrow's strike at Pacific National; UK amends IR laws to boost consultation and union rights; National coal strike called off after NSW introduces retrospective legislation; VECCI says yesterday's Sunday penalty decision is "extraordinarily disappointing"; Senate building and construction industry inquiry begins Thursday; ACTU announces annual union awards; and ACCC lets construction merger through.
The Federal Government's new guidelines on retaining mature-age workers in the Australian Public Service say AWAs should be the preferred instrument for employing older workers because they can be tailored to fit the worker's individual circumstances.
Unions have received a green light to include clauses in NSW agreements requiring host employers to pay site rates to labour hire workers and only engage labour hire companies that have union agreements.
An AIRC full bench majority has today overruled the Commission's President and set a new double time standard for Sunday work in the retail sector, in a ruling that the SDA will use to upgrade awards that have lower Sunday rates.
A casual bartender who worked regular rostered shifts for almost four months has won the right to pursue an unfair dismissal claim, in an AIRC ruling that builds on the recent Parkview Hotel decision.
