Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited will today seek individual orders from the Federal Court against more than 300 maintenance workers to force them to end a strike that started on Tuesday at its Altona manufacturing facility. However, it says the stoppage and a picket line is yet to affect production.
Employers in WA whose trading corporation status is unclear face the prospect of having dismissed employees reinstated on an interim basis, following a ruling today by the State's IRC.
Qantas and the AMWU and AWU have struck an in-principle enterprise deal that allows the airline to schedule RDOs more flexibly at its Sydney and Melbourne maintenance facilities.
Australian pay movements - forecast to shrink from 1% ahead of inflation to just 0.5% ahead - are lagging behind those of other countries such as the UK, US and China, according to a global survey by Mercer HR consulting.
ALP slams community legal centres funding cuts; ACTU says Telstra cutting contractor rates; Companies encouraging "walking class heroes"; New providers for EAP; and Correction to charter of employment rights story.
The AIRC has upheld the dismissal of a male Foxtel call centre team leader who sent what was intended to be a humorous reply to another male team leader's sexual fantasy email about a female employee.
The Australian Institute of Employment Rights this week is beginning wide-ranging public consultations on its plan to develop a Charter of Employment Rights to underpin alternatives to the Work Choices laws.
The Federal ALP sought to reassure business representatives about its IR policies at a two-day business forum starting in Sydney today, promising to set up a Council of Business Advisers to formalise consultations if it wins next year's election.
