NSW emloyers of workers aged under 18 face prosecution if pay and conditions are lower than the relevant State award, under new child employment laws announced by the Iemma Government today.
The Federal Government and the ABCC today intervened in two separate cases before the AIRC to stop it granting orders for secret ballots for industrial action.
A barrister on the NSW Government's legal team during the States/union High Court IR challenge has acknowledged that the judges' questions from the bench during the case were unlikely to change the views of commentators who believed a Court majority would decide in the Commonwealth's favour.
Pow Juices Pty Ltd - the company at the centre of a storm over offering AWAs to employees that cut their pay - has today conceded that it breached the Workplace Relations Act by failing to pay 21 workers under the terms of their certified agreement.
The ABCC's prosecution of 107 workers for alleged unlawful strike action will return to the Federal Court for further directions on October 18, after Justice Robert Nicholson held a preliminary hearing in Perth today.
The Coalition's new IR regime goes against the Australian ethos of a fair society, has the potential to be socially divisive, and will result in uncertainty and litigation, according to former AIRC Deputy President, Joe Isaac.
Employees who claim constructive dismissal under Work Choices bear the onus of establishing that their employer forced them to resign, a senior AIRC member has found.
Independent schools in NSW and the IEU have agreed in principle to pay rises averaging 19% over the next four years, with the introduction of a new quality appraisal system for teachers with less than seven years' experience.
ACTU's Combet to feature in tonight's Australian Story; Former AIRC Deputy President Joe Isaacs to speak out on Work Choices this evening; and NSW and Victoria to harmonise their workers' compensation schemes.
