The Federal Opposition claims the Government's decision to cancel this year's Work and Family Awards shows it has lost its way on work and family issues.
The Cole Royal Commission's push for the Federal Government to use the National Construction Code to drive good practice across the construction industry is a "central plank" of his change program, according to a Freehills workplace relations partner.
The FSU will tomorrow seek an interlocutory injunction against the Commonwealth Bank's proposed transfer of employees to a subsidiary, claiming it breaches the Trade Practices Act's misleading and deceptive conduct provisions.
The managing partner of a national employment law firm has outlined a nine-point checklist to help employers avoid the pitfalls of the recent Federal Court full bench transmission of business rulings in Gribbles and Amcor.
NSW Premier Bob Carr has told the State's unions that absorbing the Department of IR into a new Commerce super-ministry wouldn't blunt the DIR's effectiveness.