In a case that underlines the importance for employers not to unreasonably pressure existing employees to accept AWAs, the Federal Court has ordered a Victorian licenced club not to cut the hours of six workers.
In one of its most significant decisions since the introduction of enterprise bargaining, the IRC has declared with its Hunter Valley No. 1 decision that it won’t intervene to settle even the most serious and damaging enterprise bargaining disputes.
Can an hours flexibility clause in an award requiring agreement by three parties be valid when only two have acceded? No, according to the Federal Court.
Remember the concrete pours the BLF halted in the 1970s? The union wanting to register the same name now has to prove to the IRC that it won't resort to the same industrial tactics.
Employees at Tasmania’s two casinos have locked in penalty rates of 300% for the coming New Year’s Eve, under a new 12-month enterprise agreement. The rates apply from 7pm on NY Eve until 10am on New Year’s Day.
