The CPSU has finally succeeded in its long-running bid to follow about 500 workers whose jobs were outsourced by Telstra, with a full bench of the AIRC today finding a dispute existed between the union and EDS Australia and IBM GSA.
The ACTU says it will talk sensibly with Qantas over its plans to start up a low-cost domestic airline, but that unions won't accept an approach based solely on cutting pay and conditions.
Yesterday's decision by the ANU to sign an enterprise agreement that didn't comply with the Federal Government's tough IR requirements has changed the landscape on which the battle is being fought, according to the NTEU.
The Federal Government's hopes of having its Cole-based IR package for the construction industry dealt with by Parliament before Christmas were thwarted yesterday, with the ALP and the Democrats combining to establish a far-reaching Senate inquiry that won't issue its report until February.
Victoria today moved a step closer to re-establishing a formal career structure for its 27,000 non-executive public servants, with the release by the AIRC of a series of recommendations aimed at breaking the deadlock between the state government and the CPSU.
In another major development in the Australia Post mail-screening construction saga, a rival to Hansen Yuncken's tender bid - McConnell Dowell - has tripped at the first hurdle, with the AIRC refusing to certify its non-union deal.
In a wide-ranging speech delivered as he prepares to step down from the bench in July next year, the AIRC's Justice Paul Munro has criticised changes that he says have undermined the independence and discretion of the tribunal and its members.
CFMEU's Sutton back in court next month; Democrats to oppose Improved Bargaining Bill's anti-strike provisions; AIRC certifies agreement despite post-ballot changes; "Better off or worse off" analysis confirms no-disadvantage failure; Ludwig and Hodder look back 30 years; and Wake for late Paul Good.
Some 10,000 employees of Insurance Australia Group have won six weeks paid maternity leave and two weeks paid paternity leave under a new enterprise agreement that brings common conditions to the organisation after a series of takeovers.
The CPSU has reminded employers that a watertight policy on internet and email use is the most important part of managing electronic communications, after the Family Court disciplined several workers for viewing pornography at work.
