The Fair Work Commission has made an order to terminate Protected Industrial Action (PIA) in the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP). This means that PIA can no longer be taken by DIBP employees, including those in the ...
Tags: Fair Work Commission, PIA, DIBP
As of the 1st of January 2014, the Fair Work Commission has jurisdiction to hear complaints about bulling in the workplace. Statistics released by the Commission has indicated that 44 applications for anti-bullying orders were made in ...
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Thousands of workers will vote on industrial action at Australia's largest transport and logistics operator after the Fair Work Commission today approved the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) application for a Protected Action Ballot across ...
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) says it has been warning the Federal Government for two years that the large reductions to incentives to employ apprentices was going to result in a dramatic drop-off in the number of ...
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Members of five trade unions employed at the Port Waratah Coal Services shipment facility for coal exports at Newcastle port in eastern Australia have called a four-hour strike next Wednesday in an escalation of their industrial dispute ...
Tags: PWCS, Coal Terminals
A majority of the 13 Hunter Valley coal producers using Port Waratah Coal Services' export facilities at Newcastle in eastern Australia have volunteered to cut their contracted capacity for coal shipments for the rest of this year, PWCS ...
Tags: Coal Producers, PWCS Terminals
Chris Bowen … ‘times are tough’ The Government will extend the $57.5 million Apprentice Kickstart Initiative to make it easier for employers to take on apprentices. Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills, Chris ...
Sweeping changes to apprentice wages and conditions being pursued by unions would deter employers from hiring apprentices, the Australian Industry Group claims. The unions have put their claim for wage increases of up to 70 percent a week ...
Tags: AiGroup, hiring apprentices, Australian Industry Group
Qantas has welcomed the decision by Fair Work Commission in the arbitration case with the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA). The Fair Work Commission has endorsed Qantas’ right to manage its business. The union ...
Tags: Fair Work Commission, Australian and International Pilots Association