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.
Spell out consequences for breaching discrimination policy, says AIRC; 2,300 employees is no small business; Drug prank justified dismissal; and male worker claims he was sacked after rejecting female manager's sexual advances.
SDA national secretary Joe de Bruyn is set to play a larger role in setting the ACTU's direction, after he today formally took up the position as the peak body's senior vice president, replacing NUW national secretary Greg Sword.
Some 3,100 workers employed by the Just Jeans Group have received a 10.4% pay increase over three years and won access to up to 90 days unpaid family/carers leave under a new deal struck with the SDA that the AIRC certified today.
The FSU's national executive will decide next week on who will be its new national leader, after national secretary Tony Beck revealed he would be leaving early next year after more than a decade in the top job and 20 years with the union.
