The Australian union movement can draw some comfort from a UK study on the partial revival of unions there - the catch being that it took a change of Government to start clawing back lost ground.
An AIRC full bench has found the Commission has broad powers under s170LW to sort out differences using the dispute resolution procedures in enterprise agreements.
It is "intellectually insubstantial" and "insulting" to view paid maternity leave as the solution to the challenge of balancing work and family, according to Prime Minister John Howard.
Qantas and the FAAA's international division have reached in-principle agreement after a torrid bargaining tussle, while the airline has today announced it will make 1,000 of its 35,000 employees redundant.
Psychological testing company says regulation needed; AWU consent required before MIM changes rosters; Fewer than one in 20 agreements address absenteeism; No funding of work and family package in May Budget; Five years late unfair dismissal claim terminated; and Big email/internet abuse investigation in DVA.
An AIRC full bench has today opened the way for employers to use the Workplace Relations Act's public interest test to win approval for substandard short-term agreements designed to help them cope with substantial change.
CPSU members at Centrelink have voted in favour of a new s170LJ agreement that extends opening hours by 60 minutes a day and provides a 12.5% pay rise over 39 months for the organisation's 22,000 employees, plus a $600 one-off bonus.
The AIRC has refused to certify a s170LK agreement covering workers with a disability because it provided a fixed supported wage rate of $1.71 per hour, regardless of individual workers' productivity.
A female police officer allegedly sexually harassed at work has had her vicarious liability claim against the Police Commissioner dismissed, but has succeeded in the same claim against the Federal Government.
AIRC quashes union representation clauses; Skilled to appeal implied term ruling; Terms extended for discrimination commissioners; ILO re-elects leader and launches report on unions; Queensland DIR publishes four-year plan; and lawyer recommends measures against SARS.
