Bus industry employers to get new association
Bus and coach operators will get a new industrial association in response to the recent nationalisation of industrial awards
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Caboolture bus driver gets $10,000 back pay
Caboolture bus driver back-paid $10,000 after investigation by Fair Work inspectors in Queensland
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IR reforms to cost Qld employers: Beattie
Premier Peter Beattie has warned Queensland employers could face higher wage costs under the federal government's proposed IR reforms.
Responding to
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NSW fires warning shot on IR takeover
Cabinet is understood to have received favourably Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews' broad outline of his IR agenda, and he
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Howard flags wholesale IR reform
Prime Minister John Howard has flagged further IR reform, including a paring back of awards and a possible takeover of
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Qld unions push for small biz redundancy
The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission is due to hear on November 15 another application by the Queensland Council of Unions
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Biz 'health' checks protects workers: AWU
Company "health" checks to protect workers' entitlements could become part of future enterprise bargaining arrangements under a scheme put forward
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Senate amendments doom union fees Bill
The bargaining fees bill before federal parliament is expected to be defeated after Senate amendments introduced today retained elements which
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Dems chaos no easier for IR bills: Abbott
The current turmoil within the Democrats is not expected to make the passage of industrial relations bills currently before Parliament
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AIRC reinforces right to refuse overtime
Employees will be able to refuse overtime work to look after family responsibilities, based on a decision handed down today
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Bracks tries to overhaul IR system - again
The Bracks government will try again to overhaul the state's industrial relations system by introducing new legislation into the Spring
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Bracks IR plan more 'palatable': VECCI
The Bracks government's plan to introduce new mechanisms and new processes to regulate the state's industrial relations framework has been
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NSW looks at industrial m/laughter laws
A special unit within New South Wales (NSW) WorkCover will be established to investigate whether criminal charges will be placed
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W'place blitz puts employers on alert
Queensland employers are facing further investigations and potential prosecutions after the state government announced $4.7 million in additional funding for
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AIRC grants $18/wk award wage increase
Award workers will get an $18 per week increase after the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) today rejected business claims
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Q'ld tops with lowest workers' comp rates
Queensland's workers' compensation premium rates will stay at the lowest level in Australia for 2002/2003, Premier Peter Beattie says.
The average
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Call for wage freeze in tourism + hosp.
Workers in the hospitality and tourism industry are facing a six-month wage freeze if an application lodged yesterday in the
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Govt tables small biz IR amendments
The federal government has introduced into Parliament a series of reforms aimed at ensuring the industrial-relations system better meets the
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System victimises small biz: IRC president
The country's most senior industrial arbiter has joined calls for a fairer, simpler national industrial relations (IR) system.
Australian Industrial Relations
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Bracks govt IR reforms dead in the water
The federal government has rejected Victorian Premier Steve Bracks' proposal to allow the Commonwealth to maintain power over the state's
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