The International Monetary Fund has urged Australia to introduce a unitary IR system and reduce its reliance on the "blunt instrument" of the award system to protect the low-paid.
Head contractors who have workplace deaths on their construction sites could face penalties equivalent to 2% of total project costs, if a proposal put forward by Royal Commissioner Terence Cole is adopted.
The AMWU has got over one more hurdle on the long road to establishing a first federal award covering labour hire workers, with a full bench of the IRC rejecting the AIG's appeal against an earlier dispute finding.
Greater workplace flexibility under contemporary IR laws has enabled extended shifts and long working hours in the mining industry and created substantial OHS risks, according to a new report released today.
The Queensland IRC has reserved its decision on the AiG's bid to have the state redundancy test case adjourned indefinitely, pending the resolution of the federal test case on the same matter.
In a report released by the Queensland Government today, former PM Bob Hawke has rejected radical options for reforming mechanisms for setting wages and conditions for Queensland public sector employees.
The Government's heavily rewritten registered organisations legislation could pass within weeks, after Labor made it clear yesterday it would support the changes with minor amendments.
