In a surprise move that will lead to more than half a million additional Victorian employees being covered by federal awards, WR Minister Tony Abbott has agreed in principle to accept the Victorian Government's referral of its common rule award power.
In a review of its 1999 decision to break with tradition and offer its award-based Pilbara workforce individual contracts, BHP Billiton says the take-up rate it achieved was high enough to give it the flexibility and adaptability it wanted.
Federal Workplace Relations Minister, Tony Abbott, is pressing home the message that law enforcement is high on the Government's agenda, telling a conference today that the issue will be a "significant priority in the months and years ahead".
Qantas has abandoned plans to introduce finger-scanning technology to monitor attendance of employees working on the ramp at Tullamarine Airport, after a campaign against the move by the TWU.
Victorian IR Minister Rob Hulls will today deliver the second reading speech for his legislation to shift low-paid workers in the State onto federal awards, while he will also push WR Minister Tony Abbott to make IR more workable in the building and construction industry.
The union "wage premium" is showing signs of burgeoning, according to the DEWR's latest analysis of enterprise bargaining, with data showing a pay advantage of almost 1%-a-year for workers under union agreements registered at the end of last year.
In the first test of the right of entry provisions under WA's new IR laws, CFMEU assistant State secretary Joe McDonald has defeated an attempt to have his entry permit revoked.
Inconsistent behaviour by senior management at a Pasminco smelter has undermined their insistence on employees strictly adhering to OHS rules, the Tasmanian Industrial Commission has found.
The ACCI has asked the Living Wage full bench to award no pay increase this year to low paid workers in response to the ACTU's $24.60 a week claim, while the AI Group has supported an $11 increase and WR Minister Tony Abbott $12.
The NSW IRC has rejected as "incredible" a s106 unfair contract claim by a State Labor MP's electorate officer that excessive hours, an oppressive workplace and alleged corruption contributed to her development of a psychiatric illness that left her unable to work.
