Ford Australia has confirmed that it will stand down about 5,000 manufacturing workers if a strike at component manufacturer TI Automotive continues until mid-week, with the three other manufacturers likely to follow suit.
On the opening day of its triennial Congress meeting, the ACTU has confirmed that it plans to run a casual conversion test case within the next two years and revealed it will push for unions to debate the merits of works councils.
The AiG has filed its response to the ACTU's Work and Family test case today, seeking to provide employees with options to buy additional annual leave, more flexible long-service leave provisions and job-share arrangements.
MUA national secretary, Paddy Crumlin, has described as "minor obstacles" to getting award coverage for CSL ships the five inefficient work practices the AIRC cited last week - and says he believes it will be "sooner rather than later' that the company's two foreign-registered vessels are regulated by Australian terms and conditions.
The AIG is calling for Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott to urgently legislate to overcome today's Emwest ruling, which clears the way for unions to make extra claims during the life of federal enterprise agreements.
Navy not responsible for transvestite sailor's PTSD; Telstra redundancy appeal begins today; Requirement for sick leave certificate ruled discriminatory; and Full text of Johnson Tiles decision available.
The Australian Tax Office has played down union claims that its employees would be subjected to psychological testing and have to reapply for their jobs, saying the tests are part of a skills upgrading program.
As teachers in NSW, Victoria, WA and the ACT gear up for industrial action, the Queensland Teachers Union and the State Labor Government have struck a deal that delivers smaller class sizes and a 10.8% pay rise over 37 months.
In a crucial decision, a Federal Court full bench has cleared the way for unions to make extra claims during the life of federal enterprise agreements.
The NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal has dismissed an indirect discrimination complaint by a WorkCover Authority senior manager with two small children whose office was moved from Sydney to the Central Coast, in its first decision on the Anti-Discrimination Act's carers' responsibilities provisions.
