By Alexandra Marriott
VECCI applauds the State Government for taking formal steps to address the culture of construction industry lawlessness that has impacted major projects in Victoria and led to cost blowouts as well as delays in completion.
VECCI welcomes new IR guidelines for Victorian construction
October 7, 2011
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Toyota seeks suspension of protected action at Altona plant
September 9, 2011By Alexandra Marriott
Updated: Fair Work Australia (FWA) has rejected an application made by Toyota under section 424 of the Fair Work Act 2009 to suspend planned industrial action at the Altona plant.
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Industrial relations reform – the case for making changes now
September 8, 2011By Alexandra Marriott
Recent debate about declining productivity in Australia, alongside reduced flexibility in the Fair Work framework, has renewed discussion about whether the regulatory pressures introduced by the Fair Work Act might be ameliorated by the reintroduction of individual statutory agreements.
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Productivity sidelined by union parroting about WorkChoices
August 31, 2011By Alexandra Marriott
Meaningful debate and discussion about lagging Australian productivity and the linkage to IR regulation continues to be rebuffed by the union movement and the Labor Government. Responses by the ACTU, the Federal Government and others to significant and reasoned contributions to this discussion continue to parrot responses about the business agenda – and that of the Federal Opposition, as well as the Reserve Bank’s chief – to ‘bring back WorkChoices’.
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Facebook threat to colleague gets worker sacked
August 18, 2011By Alexandra Marriott
Fair Work Australia has dismissed an unfair dismissal application by an employee who was summarily dismissed for serious misconduct after breaching a workplace policy by posting an abusive and threatening Facebook status, complaining he wasn’t being paid correctly.
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Time for examination of Fair Work Act’s impact on retail sector
August 9, 2011By Alexandra Marriott
A wide-ranging Productivity Commission draft report into the state of Australian retail has recommended a host of regulation reforms, including total deregulation of trading hours, and an examination of the impact of the Fair Work Act – including the modern General Retail Industry Award 2010 - on the struggling sector.
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Need for sick leave evidence straining our health system, says medical head
July 27, 2011By Alexandra Marriott
The new President of Australia’s peak medical body, the Australian Medical Association, has criticised those employers who require their staff to produce medical certificates for solitary sick days.
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The Fair Work Act – is it working for you?
July 21, 2011By Alexandra Marriott
Workplace relations – and the regulatory framework appropriate to Australia’s workplaces – is certainly once more a topic of discussion and debate.
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Political employee compensated after redundancy ruled to be unfair dismissal
July 21, 2011By Alexandra Marriott
A former electorate officer with a federal Member of Parliament whose position was made redundant has been awarded more than $7,500 by Fair Work Australia, which found she was not given an opportunity to apply for a different position and, as such, had been unfairly dismissed.
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Left-handed industrial action could threaten Australian jobs
July 14, 2011By Alexandra Marriott
Planned industrial action by QANTAS engineers in which they will only use tools with their left hand is not only farcical, childish and dangerous, but could potentially threaten Australian jobs.
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