The Federal Court has today ruled that the ABCC has the power to prevent a worker it has called before it from being represented by a lawyer of his choice, in a decision the CFMEU says shows how "draconian" the Government's construction industry legislation is.
In a plan that is set to enrage the business lobby, unions are proposing an expanded set of minimum conditions to be supplemented by a re-empowered AIRC in their alternative IR policy to be voted on at the ACTU Congress this month.
The Coalition will provide training vouchers, subsidised apprenticeships for mid-career workers, additional engineering places at universities, and more money for employers whose employees do diplomas under a $837 million, five-year skills package announced today by the Prime Minister, John Howard.
Optometry group Merringtons today hotly contested OWS legal action alleging it mistreated an employee who offered to give evidence against it in a court case for unpaid wages.
Radio Rentals lock-out dispute ends in collective agreement; International crew refuses to sail wheat ship in pay dispute; Telstra to axe 180 Qld call centre jobs; NSW Government cuts 1,250 public sector jobs, 2,130 more to go.
An employer’s assertion that its staffing costs were unsustainable did not prove that it had dismissed an employee for genuine operational reasons, the AIRC has found in a ruling that provides guidance on the level of evidence required to rely on the exclusion.
Canberra electricians' AWAs again at centre of political storm; Howard asked about $200-a-week inferior AWA; Victorian Government ads misleading, says Andrews; Visas prohibit union activity, says ACTU; AIRC has jurisdiction on NAB worker taxis dispute; and Senate debate on independent contractors legislation delayed.
The day after initiating legal proceedings against two Western Australian companies for AWA duress, the OWS has announced it has began prosecuting three Victorian companies for underpaying wages and other entitlements.
Individual employment arrangements are less likely than collective or union agreements to provide overtime, weekend penalties and annual leave loadings, according to a study of 793 Victorian businesses released by the Bracks Government today.
The Office of Workplace Services is prosecuting Ten Talents Pty Ltd and Cyberlink Pty Ltd, alleging they applied duress on two employees to sign AWAs after the takeover of the IGA Hilton supermarket in Perth.
