The Democrats have thrown the Government a few small crumbs in their fairly open-ended response to three bills proposing a tougher IR law-enforcement regime, but seem largely unconvinced that major change is required.
The NSW Ombudsman has referred its investigation into the behaviour of former Anti-Discrimination Board head and Privacy Commissioner, Chris Puplick, to both ICAC and the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The AIRC has ruled that employees' length of service for calculating redundancy entitlements includes periods where they are stood down, in a case involving Geelong Wool Combing workers who were locked out for five months.
The number of AWAs filed in WA has more than tripled in 2002-03 compared to the previous year, a rate of growth four times higher than the national average, according to the Office of the Employment Advocate's annual report.
The Federal Opposition has called today for good faith bargaining laws in the wake of yesterday's Sensis ruling by an AIRC full bench, while labour law academic Anthony Forsyth says the decision still leaves the Commission with considerable powers to make orders that have a similar effect.
The AIRC has today urged Forstaff and the AMWU to reach agreement on giving the union access to the company's Avalon airport premises, after a majority of workers voted this month to end the ALAEA's exclusive coverage of the site.
The QPSU is seeking an arbitrated interim pay rise for prison officers following a breakdown in negotiations, in the last of more than 50 State public sector agreements in the current bargaining round.
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In a decision handed down today, An AIRC full bench has clamped down on a tendency for some Commission members to find there is duty to bargain in good faith.
The ALP has slammed super changes passed by the Senate yesterday that are designed to encourage employee contributions, saying they only benefit high income earners and discriminate against same-sex couples.
