Scott takes over as WA IRC chief commissioner; Volunteers win delay on CFA agreement ballot; Baker's resolve to dismiss apprentice without warning unfair.
Sydney University Professor of Gender and Employment Relations Marian Baird and IR consultant Theresa Moltoni have been recognised in the Queen's birthday honours list.
Left-wing think tank the Australia Institute has launched a new centre that will research and publish on the workplace and labour markets, overseen by an economist who has advised Canada’s auto union for the past two decades.
ACTU television commercial highlights penalty rates, internships; New executive director for HR Nicholls Society; Alleged ISIS-sympathiser's dismissal case in FWC tomorrow; FWBC warns of fines for construction workers attending CFMEU mass meeting "without permission"; Re-run for botched Federal Police union election; "Unfinished business" in quest for safe rates, TWU council hears; and Sharing economy" a misnomer, TWU forum hears.
Farewell sitting for WA tribunal's chief commissioner; Tribunal to live-stream final minimum wage consultations; Small Business Ombudsman to weigh "lasting impact" of road safety remuneration order; and FWC backs dismissal of bulldozer operator over safety breaches.
IR barristers appointed to Federal Circuit Court; FWC member retires after almost 15 years; Wage rises lower in industries hit by resources downturn, says RBA; New FAAA leadership seeking to secure role in new Qantas aircraft; Agreement delivers wage justice for nurses, says Victorian Government; and Supermarket self-service hindering employment growth, says report.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash has appointed Lyndall Dean, a lawyer with an employer background, as a deputy president of the Fair Work Commission.
One of the counsel assisting the Heydon Royal Commission, Sarah McNaughton SC, has been appointed Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, while the Government has also appointed three commissioners at the Human Rights Commission.
