Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has acknowledged that a company owned by his wife under-paid some of its workers, but said it was an "honest mistake" she had sought to rectify.
Bargaining agents' fees have been banned from federal agreements since 2003, but the Coaltion will nonetheless on Monday introduce an amendment to the Workplace Relations Act to specifically outlaw them - and the ALP will support it.
The Australian & International Pilots Association has won the right to represent flight crew in all Qantas group airlines - including its burgeoning low-cost operations - after the AIRC rejected objections from Qantas and the rival pilots union, the AFAP.
Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey has asked the Office of Workplace Services to investigate reports that a NSW motel has AWAs that cut protected award conditions but paid only the federal minimum wage.
An employee's rate of pay including annual leave loading - not how much they actually received - is the test for determining whether an unfair dismissal claim falls below the $98,200 a year salary cap, according to an AIRC decision.
Mental illness and nervous conditions are the most significant health-related obstacles to greater workforce participation, according to a new Productivity Commission report.
The Hotels and Motels Association of Australia is advising members to hold off on registering AWAs until the Federal Government reveals details of its new fairness test, expected to be tabled in parliament on Monday but retrospectively effective from May 7.
ABCC prosecutes workers over industrial action at Lake Cowal gold mine; AMWU's Cameron confirmed for Senate seat; Police officer loses post-traumatic stress damages claim; AWA lodgements to be litmus test for effectiveness of safety net changes: Peetz; Your Rights at Work supporters fund full-page ad in national newspaper; Victorian Government to introduce new outworker protection laws; and Boeing wins extension of discrimination exemption.
Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey has today admitted the Federal Government got it wrong when it allowed employers to take away award entitlements without compensation, while a joint Liberal and National party room meeting has approved his new safety net legislation, clearing the way for it to be introduced into parliament.
The ACTU has accused Employment Advocate Peter McIlwain of failing to comply with the Workplace Relations Regulations by not providing information on AWAs to the Workplace Relations Minister.
