The Melbourne Magistrates' Court has this morning dismissed a charge against the Victorian secretary of the CFMEU (construction division), Martin Kingham, over his refusal to hand over information to the Cole Royal Commission.
The AIRC has refused an application by 10 employees at an industrially volatile South Australian meatworks to terminate their expired AWAs, maintaining that doing so was likely to further confuse and complicate the situation.
AIRC refuses brewer's s127 bid; Kingham verdict and start of Setka prosecution tomorrow; Grocon s170LK deal case to resume Monday; High Court refuses special leave in Bargouthi case; Childcare to be Goward's next focus; Federal Government to convene ageing workforce forum; and Oracle executive fails in s106 bid in NSW IRC.
Some 800 workers at a Queensland local government authority stand to gain or lose part of their 11.8% pay increase depending on whether they meet collective absenteeism targets under a new agreement, while bargaining talks have begun at Australia's largest city council.
Last year's imposition of an income ceiling by the NSW Government on accessing the state IR Act's unfair contract provisions has lawyers for executives focussing increasingly on the Trade Practices Act.
An AIRC full bench has rejected the appeal of a worker dismissed for ongoing conflicts with his colleagues, after finding that he actively contributed to the problems.
The AWU claims it has won agreement from beleaguered drug manufacturer Pan Pharmaceuticals to secure the entitlements of its 250 production workers in a trust fund.
