A full bench of the AIRC has dismissed CFMEU (mining & energy division) arguments that past disputes at a Queensland coal mine couldn't be used to justify a s127 order against further industrial action because they weren't caught by the dispute resolution provision in the site EA, and it over-rode the award dispute resolution clauses that would have applied.
Another enterprise agreement has fallen foul of the Workplace Relations Act's requirement that deals cover matters pertaining to the employment relationship, with Coles Myer Logistics and the SDA in Queensland this time the affected parties.
In a breakthrough in the deadlock over the construction of Australia Post's $20 million mail screening facility at Tullamarine airport, contractor Hansen Yuncken and the CFMEU (construction & general division) were this afternoon before the AIRC seeking certification of a project deal for the site.
In the first fallout from the Federal Government's new higher education IR rules announced this week, Sydney University has withdrawn from an in-principle deal with the NTEU due to be signed off today. Employees have responded by planning a 24-hour strike for next month.
Employers should develop policies on when employees working from home can and cannot be contacted, according to a new guide by the UK's Department of Trade and Industry.
The PSA will soon lodge a two-year wage claim of 25% for some 80,000 public sector workers, while its members will take to the streets tomorrow in protest against massive job cuts across the public sector.
The Howard Government's new linkage between university funding and IR reform, which will be backdated to yesterday if legislation passes the Senate, has sparked an angry reaction from unions, employers and non-government political parties, who are now pushing for the legislation to be amended.
Former Village Roadshow executive seeks $148m payout; AIRC quashes Head Hunters agreement; CFMEU must respond to Taskforce coercion allegations, court rules; Senior AIRC member says Commission needs to fully consider issue of whether agreement clauses pertain to the employment relationship; Commission reinstates worker who failed drug test; and International IR conference in Sydney in 2009.
The WA IRC has found that unions have the right to choose where they hold meetings on an employer's premises, ruling that a high school should not prevent officials from using its staff room for union business.
Low employee demand for casual conversion, says labour supplier; ACTU open to flexibility but not cost-cutting at Qantas; Abbott reiterates plans to reintroduce termination of employment bill; and Della Bosca says bill to remedy Dymocks decision on his agenda for next year.
