Industrial relations

Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker today announced the regulator’s priorities for the year ahead, which will direct the agency’s compliance work and enforcement outcomes.

In an address to the 2019 …
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In March of this year, the Australian Government introduced draft legislation into the Australian Parliament that was intended to address recent widespread wage underpayment issues observed in several industries – …
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Simmering tensions between Caltex management and their store owners spilled onto the streets of Sydney as franchisees marched on the company’s offices demanding better treatment and a larger slice of …
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It is too early for competition chief Rod Sims to say how he will ultimately rule on oil giant BP’s $1.8 billion acquisition of Woolworths’ petrol station network. One thing …
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After 16 hours of determined strike action against multinational giant Linfox, around 100 truck drivers in Melbourne’s west forced the company to reinstate an unfairly stood down workmate. Most of …
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James Hancock 29/4/16

A Melbourne family has lost a legal battle against United Petroleum after accusing the company of unfairly terminating its franchise.

Ram Nijhawan and his wife Kirti …
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Joe Kelly, 19 April 2016

The Senate last night agreed to abolish Labor’s Road Safety ­Remuneration Tribunal, with the government winning crossbench support to scrap the controversial body.

The government …
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Ewin Hannan, 18 April 2016

The Senate has voted to scrap the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, after the Turnbull Government won the backing of key crossbenchers to kill off the controversial body.

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Jared Owens, 19 April 2016

Bill Shorten has stopped short of pledging to reinstate the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal if he wins government on July 2, but has reaffirmed the …
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Robert Gottliebsen, 19 April 2016

Such is the power of digital journalism that sometimes a headline can change a nation. And so it was that on Monday, April 11 Paul …
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