A presidential member of the AIRC has refused to follow a ruling made by a Commission Vice President, Michael Lawler, about whether to accept undertakings in order to make an agreement certifiable.
The AIRC and the Australian Industrial Registry are set to move their national HQ, currently in Melbourne's Nauru House, to a new building two blocks away.
The Federal Government's draft building industry legislation contains no surprises, with Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott adopting 120 of the Cole Royal Commission's recommendations covering compulsory secret ballots, cooling-off periods, injunctions against pattern bargaining, tough new right of entry provisions and the establishment of a new industry watchdog.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott has today released the exposure draft of his Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill, which sets up the building industry watchdog recommended by the Cole Royal Commission and clamps down on unions.
An AIRC full bench has clarified the requirement that there must be a 14-day period between employers giving employees written notice of their intention to make a s170LK agreement and then making the agreement.
New video resume service to save employers money; Survey shows employers slow to adopt paid maternity leave; Casual loadings rise in building awards but not in glass industry; AIRC bench clarifies access to dismissal claims for high-paid; and Western Sydney Orbital workers back on job after deal struck.
An AIRC full bench has stressed that the specific conditions of an agreement must be compared with the underlying award when applying the no disadvantage test, rather than looking at the agreement's overall terms and conditions.
Fair termination bill passes; AIRC passes Sheraton deals after changes to contractors clause; SA IR Court upholds fines for blocking entry to site; and AIRC upholds sacking of mineworker over unauthorised absences.
More than 50,000 teachers in NSW are expected to walk off the job tomorrow over a bargaining dispute, along with thousands more in Western Australia and Victoria, in the first ever national public education strike.
