ACTU buys new Melbourne HQ; We won't help tear up Work Choices, says Andrews; Inquiry into the tourism workforce; Federal Court gives extension of time on sexual harassment appeal; and Beazley criticises prosecution of workers.
ACTU Secretary Greg Combet has accused the Federal Government of attempting to deceive the public about the Cowra Abattoir sackings by claiming the actions would have been legal under the previous Workplace Relations Act.
The 41,000 AWAs filed with the OEA in the first three months of Work Choices underlines the importance for the Opposition of outlining clear transitional arrangements if it comes to power next year and scraps the individual contracts.
The OWS has found that there is no reasonable basis to prosecute Cowra Abattoir for its threatened sacking of 29 workers in order to rehire them on lower rates, as "purely operational reasons" were behind the company's actions.
Senator Murray will be missed, says ALP; Unions fund 20 organisers to campaign against Work Choices; AMA complaint over Chinese Medicine certificate; and ACCC approves more small business collective bargaining.
Employees on the Perth-Mandurah railway project who walked off the job over the sacking of CFMEU (construction division) shop steward Peter Ballard are facing individual fines of up to $28,600, after the ABCC filed Federal Court proceedings against them.
The South Australian Industrial Relations Commission today ordered pay rises of $17 to $18 a week for the State's award workers - less than the $20 granted last month by the NSW and WA IRCs - in a decision that signals the end of uniform minimum wage fixing across Australia.
A Federal Court full bench has found that visiting medical officers are not employees, in a ruling that halts an attempt by a group of ACT VMOs to register a union.
Roxon writes to PM on O'Sullivan appointment; Spotlight AWAs get even worse, says ALP; Beazley billboards go up; How the AIRC's panels have changed; Australia Post discontinues company doctor appeal; and the AMWU says scrapping R&D program "unintelligent".
The CFMEU's mining and energy division is pursuing unlawful termination and duress actions on behalf of Lorissa Stevens, the 21-year-old trainee mineworker who alleges she was bullied, harassed and then dismissed when she refused to sign an AWA last month.
