The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has granted the YMCA (Carlton Parkville Youth Services) an exemption from provisions of the Equal Opportunity Act that normally require that all jobs be open to applicants of both sexes.
The use of a leadership forum for site managers and union delegates to promote good industrial relations has led to Alcoa World Alumina Australia’s Point Henry Smelter winning two of the Victorian Government's 2004 Workplace Excellence Awards.
Emerging labour shortages are still not showing signs of driving up wage settlements, with the latest ABS data showing pay rates excluding bonuses increased by 3.4% in trend terms in the year to September and just 0.8% in the quarter.
The Howard Government has today introduced legislation to validate certified agreements and AWAs that might have been rendered invalid by the High Court's Electrolux decision.
Workplace excellence award recognises Alcoa's leadership forum; VCAT grants EO exemption for cultural and welfare reasons; and VTHC calls for review of fine following death of Amcor worker.
The AIRC has this afternoon recommended that RailCorp and its six unions engage in four days of intensive bargaining talks in a bid to avert industrial action.
With the Howard Government about to reintroduce its small business unfair dismissal exemption bill, the NSW IRC has just found one small business unfairly sacked a woman because she was pregnant, and another unfairly sacked an employee for supporting her colleagues when they sought compensation for award breaches.
The CPSU and the DEWR are embroiled in the same battle that dominated their last bargaining round - the department's bid to introduce a s170LK agreement.
Victorian unions will use this weekend's ALP State Conference to push for the Federal Labor caucus to maintain the IR policy taken into the October 9 election and for the Bracks Government to act to protect workers before the Howard Government takes control of the Senate next year.