Industrial relations

A Bendigo petrol station is facing court for the second time in just over 12 months, after it failed to compensate a worker who it unfairly dismissed.

Wedderburn Petroleum fronted …
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The Maritime Union is holding a protest rally in Newcastle today, after meeting with the Australian crew of a BP fuel tanker that is set to be sacked.

‘British …
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HOUSTON (Reuters) – BP Plc and the United Steelworkers union (USW) chapter representing striking workers at the company’s Whiting, Indiana, refinery reached a tentative agreement on Wednesday to end …
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A union has called for the imprisonment of transport executives who are caught running unsafe operations, after nearly 50 per cent of trucks tested in a South Australian Police …
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Pay deals across Australia’s big two supermarkets, Woolworths and Coles, are expected to be signed off soon, setting the scene for further agreements across the $24 billion a month retail …
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They might make deliveries but they’re still customer service agents to Coles, the Federal Court, and now the Fair Work Commission (FWC).

It has turned down a Transport Workers Union …
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German discount grocery store chain Aldi, which has been credited with improving competition in the super market industry, found as it expanded in Australia that unions disrupted its operations by …
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Employer groups are adamant Australia’s current industrial relations regime is in need of an overhaul.

Submissions to the Productivity Commission’s current inquiry into the workplace relations framework offer a comprehensive …
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The Maritime Union is holding a protest rally in Newcastle to raise concerns over plans by multi-national BP to sack the Australian crew of a fuel tanker.

The company …
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With the Modern Award Review in full swing and the Productivity Commission Submissions well underway there are many articles out in the media that are speculating on the future of …
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