The AIG is expected tomorrow at a Senate inquiry to slam WR Minister Tony Abbott's Victorian workers bill, arguing it unfairly maintains the State's two-tier system of employment regulation.
An American union has won a bargaining dispute, after running a radical boycott campaign that had the potential to seriously damage the business of a major employer.
Unions have launched a vigorous "vote no" campaign against Channel Seven's latest bargaining offer, after the broadcaster announced last week it would bypass unions and put the deal directly to the 1,000 employees.
Sacked security guard reinstated despite slapping and verbally abusing patient; Mobile phone misuse by suspended worker doesn't justify summary dismissal; vexatious claim one of worst abuses of process; Australia Post unfair in dismissing confused worker; confidentiality breach justified sacking; and more in a roundup of recent unfair dismissal rulings.
The Australian Mines & Metals Association has pleaded for all sides of politics to recognise the need for non-union individual and collective agreement systems, as the pendulum swings back to more union-friendly Labor governments across the country.
Sydney Water unfairly dismissed a worker who drank heavily while on call and then drove a work vehicle the next day when his blood alcohol reading was still double the legal limit, the NSW IRC has found.
Industrial relations is set to be a major issue in the November 30 Victorian election, with the State Opposition determined to impress on voters that unions are calling the shots for Labor.
Workers at Australia's largest gaming machine manufacturer, Aristocrat Technologies, have overwhelmingly voted up their first enterprise agreement 191 struck after a concerted organising campaign by the AMWU and eight months of bargaining.
Hilton to pay severance to casuals; Australia Post sick leave dispute settled; lawyers issue seven-point checklist for employment association "subsciber members" in wake of VECCI decision; Queensland nurses win interim pay increase; big increase for Victorian firefighters; and more.
Employers have today asked the NSW IRC to reject unions' bid to include bargaining agents' fees in agreements, submitting as a fall-back position that if the Commission allowed them, it should impose principles to regulate them.
