Bargaining between offshore oil and gas industry vessel operators and labour-hire providers and maritime unions is beginning to bear fruit, with employers last week lodging with FWA several agreements covering ships' officers.
The Federal Government's amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act - introduced into Parliament yesterday - establish breastfeeding as a separate ground of discrimination and extend the existing protections from discrimination on family responsibility grounds.
The explosion in electronic and online "exhibitionism and voyeurism" raises complex recruitment, discipline and legal issues for employers, with risks arising even from something as simple as Googling a potential employee, a US expert has warned.
FWA has ordered the ACT Government bus service to dock bus drivers' wages by less than it told them it would when they notified partial work bans, holding it wasn't enough to strictly apply the Fair Work Regulations' pay docking formula.
A Fair Work Australia full bench late today approved the McDonald's Australia enterprise agreement, reversing a ruling by Commissioner Donna McKenna, who found it failed to meet pre-approval requirements and the no disadvantage test.
The Federal Court has today ordered three Queensland Rail entities to pay the maximum $33,000 penalty for 20 separate failures to consult unions about major change affecting up to 15,000 employees.
In another ruling likely to further fuel debate about consistency in agreement approval processes, FWA today refused to certify a deal that unilaterally removed all penalties, overtime and allowances and gave the five employees covered no opportunity to appoint a bargaining agent until they cast their vote.
FWA has agreed to vary bargaining orders it made against the Commonwealth Bank – after finding it acted in bad faith – to impose an obligation on the FSU to keep confidential any pay offers the bank makes during bargaining.
AMWU to launch test case on overtime phasing; Purvinas to challenge disqualification; Australia's net migration to drop by 20%, says DIAC; New FWA regulations on delegations; Calculator helps determine small business status; Abolish the ABCC, says ACTU; NSW to develop flexible work guidelines, audit pay equity; Macklin introduces consequential amendments to PPL bill; and Comparison schedule for 2B state awards.
Progress in Australia Post bargaining; Fight "instigator" loses job after 24 years; Dismissal complied with Code; HSU mega-branch given green light; Reprieve for Federal Magistrates Court; Calculator helps determine small business status; and Registrations open for Ride to Work Day 2010
