Hundreds of teachers in schools across NSW stopped work today (Thursday, December 4) in support of Tumbarumba High School teacher David James who the union claims was denied a service transfer under the NSW Government’s new staffing policy.
A delegation of teachers (see photos below) gathered outside State Parliament House together with James who was [...]
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Keldote Pty Ltd v Riteway Transport Pty Ltd ([2008] FMCA 1167)
by James Williamson LLB, BA
Industrial Law — Unfair Contracts
Three truckers have successfully used the Commonwealth’s Independent Contractors Act 2006 to review their ”unfair” contracts with an interstate trucking firm.
The case is significant because it is the first action demonstrating the workability of legislation which formed [...]
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Hundreds of teachers in schools across NSW stopped work today (Thursday, December 4) in support of Tumbarumba High School teacher David James who the union claims was denied a service transfer under the NSW Government’s new staffing policy.
A delegation of teachers (see photos below) gathered outside State Parliament House together with James who was [...]
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Hundreds of teachers in schools across NSW stopped work today (Thursday, December 4) in support of Tumbarumba High School teacher David James who the union claims was denied a service transfer under the NSW Government’s new staffing policy.
A delegation of teachers (see photos below) gathered outside State Parliament House together with James who was [...]
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A landmark research report into worker exposure to disease-causing hazards in priority and non-priority industries has found PPE such as gloves, masks and respirators are still the most common form of control against workplace exposures. ASCC research [...]
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Thousands of workers across the country rallied today (Tuesday, December 2) against the Australian Building & Construction Commission (ABCC). The largest rallies were seen in Melbourne, with hundreds also turning out in Sydney (see photos below), to demonstrate against the building industry regulator and put pressure on the Federal Government to abolish it before February [...]
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A Senate Standing Committee on Education, Employment & WR inquiry into provisions of this week’s Fair Work Bill will report to govt by Feb 27 next year, paving the way for a possible March pass date [...]
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The four fatalities recorded in the mining sector in 2007/08 were a “notable reduction” from the 13 in
2006/07 and the 11 in 2005/06, the ASCC has noted in its new notified fatalities statistical report. But Minerals Council of Aust health and safety director Rob Rawson said the figures gave “no reason to feel satisfied”. In [...]
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With the Commonwealth Government having just released its draft substantive workplace relations legislation - the Fair Work Bill - there has never been a more important time for you as a HR/IR practitioner to keep track of the changes.
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The Commonwealth Government has today released its draft substantive workplace relations legislation - the Fair Work Bill - marking its vision for the future of workplace relations.
Click here to download the draft legislation and explanatory memorandum.
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A Dept of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) decision to admit solvents used on F-111 aircraft led to cancer and depression in a maintenance worker is “long overdue”, says Bris solicitor John Cockburn. He told [...]
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Workforce is Australia’s longest-running independent source for industrial relations news, having been published since 1974. It delivers daily news to your inbox including on the latest wage developments, court and tribunal outcomes, industrial action, legislative change and expert legal commentary.
Your electronic subscription to Workforce includes four daily editions per [...]
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We will see Labor’s substantive workplace relations legislation tabled in parliament during the week beginning November 24, with Deputy PM & WR Minister Julia Gillard having revealed some of the details of the legislation this afternoon (November 14).
As reported in the Workforce Daily news service on November 11, the Committee on Industrial Legislation (COIL) [...]
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