The Australian Mines and Metals Association will ask federal Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott to extend the maximum enterprise agreement term from three to five years, maintaining relief is needed from workplaces suffering "enterprise bargaining fatigue".
The Federal Court is expected to reserve its decision today on the CFMEU's ongoing bid to gain right of entry to the massive North West Shelf project in WA.
The AIRC has commended general insurer AAMI for the process it used to negotiate a s170LK agreement directly with its employees, saying it could serve as a model for employee consultation.
The AiG is seeking to use the current redundancy test case to stop federally-covered employees from accessing State unfair contract and unfair dismissal remedies.
A new agreement has provided some 3,000 employees of revived retailer Harris Scarfe with their first pay rise since the company went into financial difficulties in early 2001.
The FSU will seek a s170LJ agreement in Adelaide with outsourced mortgage provider EDS Australia after an overwhelming majority of the company's 1000-plus employees voted down its non-union offer.
A new s170LK deal for the NT Government tourist agency provides a guaranteed pay increase of 3% a year to the 106 employees, plus performance bonuses of up to 5% annually.
A NSW tribunal has ruled that employers must consider changing the nature of a disabled worker's job if they intend to rely on the "inherent requirements of the job" defence for dismissing such a worker.
