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Groundhog Day as Victorian construction deal revisions finalised again

Parties to the Victorian construction template agreement have completed revisions to bring it into line with the latest changes to the implementation guidelines for the national construction code, while the ABCC has begun a recruitment campaign to move it towards full operational strength.

Government defeats Family First bid for overtime/penalties inquiry

The Prime Minister welcomed him to Canberra as a fellow Conservative traveller, but today the Federal Government used its Senate majority to defeat a bid by Family First Senator Steve Fielding to establish a Senate inquiry into overtime and penalty rate issues.

ACTU to meet IMF over "reckless" report

ACTU President Sharan Burrow will this afternoon in Washington meet the head of the IMF to follow up a letter of complaint the union movement made to the Fund over its support for the Federal Government's second-wave IR plans.

Major AWA producer splits from OEA

The Small Business Union - the country's second largest producer of AWAs - has withdrawn from the OEA's specified industry partner program, after writing to Employment Advocate Peter McIlwain expressing extreme dissatisfaction with both him and his office.


OWS to be strengthened and take over OEA compliance functions

In the wake of the union campaign against key aspects of the Howard Government's second wave IR plans, Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrew announced today that he will remove the OEA's compliance function and hand it to the low-profile Office of Workplace Services, which will double its inspector numbers.

Victoria pushes for uniform state workplace privacy laws

The Victorian Law Reform Commission has recommended a generally "light touch" regulatory system to protect workers' privacy, but with mandatory codes, prohibitions and civil penalties for extreme forms of covert surveillance and genetic testing.

Reporting to construction cop now mandatory

Building industry participants must now notify Australian Building and Construction Commissioner John Lloyd if they initiate or are involved in any court action under the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act or the Workplace Relations Act.