The CFMEU has finished the first week of its 36-hour week campaign in the NSW construction industry with 20 formworking companies agreeing to its claim and the major steelfixers and bricklayers close, according to state secretary Andrew Ferguson.
A new enterprise agreement for WA-based BankWest has boosted employees' paid parental leave entitlements, while the ANZ has improved the flexibility of its parental leave arrangements and introduced a new paid entitlement.
More than 13,000 childcare workers in NSW will receive the $18-a-week State Wage increase, after almost three months of negotiations between the LHMU and employers.
The AIRC's Vice President Iain Ross is pushing to establish a new Labour Court that would draw on the Commission's resources and ensure that its awards and orders were enforced by judges experienced in IR.
The CEPU (electrical division) in Victoria will by-pass the National Electrical Contractors Association in the next bargaining round and pursue its next claim directly with contractors, as the fall-out continues over secretary Dean Mighell's appearance last week before the Cole Royal Commission.
In a decision that casts confusion over whether outlets in a franchise can be covered by one enterprise agreement, the AIRC has refused to certify a non-union deal for nine Bakers Delight stores.
The Senate last night passed the Government's much revamped registered organisations legislation, and is expected next week to support its amended genuine bargaining bill.
