Grocon withdraws bid to axe Setka's permit; Abbott blocks award of construction tender; Further delay to Qantas finger scans; ABC deal voted up; and anti-pattern-bargaining legislation takes effect.
The NSW IRC has ruled that a woman transferred to a new employer after 11 years service was not on probation when she was subsequently dismissed, despite signing employment documents agreeing that she was on trial.
Union officials expect big jump in inflation; Poll looming for MUA leadership; Abbott advisor Calver to join MBA; NSW dismissal changes take effect; New AIRC rule change provides for electronic lodgement, security for costs; NSW Labor Council to reap $4m from asset sale; and Tribunal upholds careworker's sacking for sexual harassment.
Workers at German airline Lufthansa's call centre will work under a new five-level classification system and receive a 25% casual loading, after a full bench ruling today.
The CPSU's leadership, which met with Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott yesterday, says he confirmed the Government intends to push harder for public sector employees to shift to individual contracts and non-union agreements.
Victorian metal industry unions were this afternoon locked in another meeting with the so-called "break-out group" of employers in a bid to get up a Campaign 2003 framework deal, as the March 31 expiry date draws nearer.
