The IRC has confirmed that it has broad powers to make orders for consultation with a union when an employer is planning to make 15 or more employees redundant. The powers extend to halting dismissals until consultation occurs.
More than 5,000 ASU members plan to walk off the job for 24 hours next Monday after negotiations with Qantas over better wages and conditions stalled for a second time.
A blockade of the AMWU's Melbourne CBD headquarters by a Victorian splinter group is preventing access to the building for the union's employees and officials.
The Federal Court has ruled against a public servant who claimed he was discriminated against on the ground of age when his request to work past his 65th birthday was denied.
The WA IRC is seeking comment on its review of awards and has published new regulations, after the new State IR Act took effect at the start of the month.
The IRC has compensated an employee who was dismissed because she sought her union's help in a dispute over her employment status, pay and entitlements.
Building and Construction Royal Commissioner Terence Cole, in his latest discussion paper, is canvassing views about whether the construction industry's IR climate stymies enforcement of codes of practice.
