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News in brief, November 9, 2005

Rio Tinto seeks amendments to WorkChoices to give primacy to common law contracts, extend union greenfields deals; Five-day Senate inquiry to proceed as planned after roundtable proposal abandoned; Work Choices legislation debate to continue into tomorrow; Labour productivity down 1.3% in 2004-05, says ABS.

AIRC minimum wage case might survive for non-corporate workers

The AIRC still has the authority under the Work Choices legislation to set minimum wages for federal award employees of unincorporated associations, raising the possibility that unions could continue scaled-down Safety Net Review cases, according to legal experts.


Work Choices update, November 8, 2005

PM wrong on Blair Athol "double dipping": Peetz; Costs of "pulp fiction" revealed, while $1.8m of WorkChoices booklets sitting in warehouse; Opposition making FOI bid on Work Choices advertising; $500,000 bill for external advice and lawyers working on Work Choices; Tasmania moves to protect workers from federal changes; and SA Government launches "Real Choices" website.

No more HIH redundancy cases under Work Choices

The 900 workers who secured redundancy pay from HIH in 2001 after the insurance giant went into liquidation would not be able to do the same thing under the Work Choices legislation, according to the FSU.

Shaw upbeat on IR challenge, as unions and states engage top silks

State governments and trade union peak councils have put in place heavyweight legal teams for their High Court challenge to the Federal Government's IR changes, while NSW unions have received advice from former Attorney-General and IR Minister Jeff Shaw that they have good grounds to attack Canberra's IR takeover.

Individual common law contracts will survive Work Choices: Stewart

Concerns that individual common law contracts will fall into the category of unregistered - and therefore unenforceable - agreements under the Work Choices bill appear unfounded, according to Flinders University Professor of Law, Andrew Stewart.


News in brief, November 7, 2005

RBA says labour market still strong, wage pressures continue; High Court to hear Fish appeal tomorrow and Amery on November 16; and Andrews says survey shows strong public support for the Government’s "welfare to work" changes.

Record $25,000 penalty against union

In what is the largest penalty imposed on a union under the Workplace Relations Act, the Federal Court has ordered the AMWU to pay a $25,000 fine for coercing a subcontractor to make an agreement.