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Fair Work Bill gives more bite to equal pay claims
New equal pay orders available under the Fair Work Bill have the potential to be easier to get and more far reaching than under current laws, but IR experts say ...
Workplace Express - 3:23 p.m. Friday 5th December 2008
Workplace Express - 3:23 p.m. Friday 5th December 2008
CFMEU wasn't exercising right of entry when visiting site, AIRC finds
The AIRC has found that a CFMEU (construction division) organiser who got into a heated argument with a project manager after being told, incorrectly, that posters he'd put up in ...
Workplace Express - 3:22 p.m. Friday 5th December 2008
Workplace Express - 3:22 p.m. Friday 5th December 2008
Safe Work Australia Bill laid aside
The Federal Government's move to harmonise OHS laws system suffered a major setback last night, with Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard officially laying aside her Safe Work Australia bill after ...
Workplace Express - 3:08 p.m. Friday 5th December 2008
Workplace Express - 3:08 p.m. Friday 5th December 2008
New bill widens reach of discrimination regime, says lawyer
Employers looking to outsource will, under Labor's Fair Work Bill, face the same uncertainty they did before Work Choices introduced the "sole or dominant reason" test, while the new legislation's ...
Workplace Express - 12:51 p.m. Friday 5th December 2008
Workplace Express - 12:51 p.m. Friday 5th December 2008
23 hours, 2 minutes ago
WA teachers vote up 15%-plus pay deal; Safe Work Bill impasse continues; and more
WA teachers vote up 15%-plus pay deal; Safe Work Bill impasse continues; Parliament passes temporary worker bill; News Ltd printers voting on new agreement; Big drop in days lost to ...
Workplace Express - 5:27 p.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Workplace Express - 5:27 p.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Fair Work Bill passes through House of Representatives
The Federal Government's Fair Work Bill 2008 has this evening passed through the House of Representatives, on what was meant to have been the final sitting day of the year.
Workplace Express - 5:23 p.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Workplace Express - 5:23 p.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Manager's loose lips sink HR firm's fight to deny employee's severance payout
A former employee with a global HR consultancy has relied on comments made by a manager years earlier in pre-employment negotiations to win her claim for a $100,000-plus severance payout.
Workplace Express - 10:03 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Workplace Express - 10:03 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
1 day, 23 hours ago
AMWU launches push for levy to cover 100% of workers' entitlements
The AMWU has called on the Federal Government to impose a compulsory levy on employers to fund measures designed to guarantee 100% of workers' entitlements.
Workplace Express - 4:50 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Workplace Express - 4:50 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Opportunities for employers in good faith bargaining rules: Skene
New good faith bargaining rules in the Fair Work Bill might provide a useful tool for employers to hold unions to account for the tactics they adopt in bargaining negotiations, ...
Workplace Express - 1:08 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Workplace Express - 1:08 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Coalition backbenchers take aim at employer groups
An IR advisor to former Prime Minister John Howard when Work Choices was introduced has labelled as "a disgrace" the response to Labor's Fair Work Bill by "certain employer organisations", ...
Workplace Express - 12:55 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Workplace Express - 12:55 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
New record high for profit share of economy: ABS
Productivity is down, labour costs are up marginally, the wages share of the economy has hit a 44-year low and the profit share has reached the highest level in the ...
Workplace Express - 12:36 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Workplace Express - 12:36 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
2 days, 23 hours ago
Building workers take to streets over ABCC, BCII Act; Federal Court criticises ABCC inspector
Noel Washington may no longer be facing jail, but thousands of building workers and their supporters today went ahead with the rallies around the country that were planned to coincide ...
Workplace Express - 5:29 p.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Workplace Express - 5:29 p.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Jostling begins over Coalition's vote; Combet backs the bill
While Shadow IR Minister Michael Keenan yesterday nominated right of entry, low-paid bargaining, compulsory arbitration, transmission of business, and bargaining fees as the areas where the Coalition was likely to ...
Workplace Express - 4:12 p.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Workplace Express - 4:12 p.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
3 days, 23 hours ago
Mediation for WA, new Victorian wage protection laws; and more
WA IRC launches free mediation service; Hefty fines for employers under new Victorian wage protection laws; Execs doubt paid maternity leave will increase women in workforce; 5000 Telstra employees register ...
Workplace Express - 5:11 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Workplace Express - 5:11 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
New bargaining opportunities for unions in Bill, despite change in status: Mining union
The Fair Work Bill's agreement rules radically depart from 15 years of history, with changes such as removing the distinction between union and non-union agreements. But in league with the ...
Workplace Express - 2:41 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Workplace Express - 2:41 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
