THERE have been a series of shake-ups at stock market hopeful Berkeley Resources with chairman Brian Smith giving way to Ian Middlemas, Apollo Group taking a st
A PROPOSED deal between Rio Tinto and the national office of the Australian Workers Union could spell an end to union plans to reunionise parts of the Pilbara.
A PROPOSED deal between Rio Tinto and the national office of the Australian Workers Union could spell an end to union plans to reunionise parts of the Pilbara.
THE Transport Workers Union is on the verge of launching a campaign to ‘dob in’ employers using employee-like contractors to the Office of State Revenue and the Australian Tax Off
CONSUMER and Employment Protection Minister John Kobelke’s promise to crack down on industrial agents is almost at the legislative stage, yet those most affected by it – industrial agents – have not been given an opportunity to comment.
SHAREHOLDERS have approved the settlement terms of two Supreme Court of Western Australia actions taken against companies related to Aquacarotene directors Don Smith and Milton Cooper.
WESTERN POWER has requested Alcoa burn diesel in its Kwinana refinery power station for the second time in two weeks after yet another compressor station problem on Epic Energy’s Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline.
AN attempt in the Supreme Court of Western Australia to wind up Ravenswood Resort Pty Ltd, the company behind the $150 million Ravenswood Sanctuary Resort project near Pinjarra, has been successful.
PERTH Glory remains in the box seat to secure the naming, management and catering rights for Perth Oval even though the Town of Vincent rejected its tender.
ANGRY shareholders in publicly listed investment house Asset Backed Holdings used their annual general meeting to voice dissent over the company’s performance and the amount of fees paid to directors and consultants.
In the final part of a series on industrial relations Noel Dyson examines how companies can add value for their employees.
UNDERSTANDING what workers want is one of the key ways of keeping them happy and ensuring industrial peace.
TWO Western Australian builders appear to be in the sights of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union after a number of prosecutions against the employee organisation fa
Asking the right questions can prove the difference between valuable and worthless information, as Noel Dyson discovers in the third of the series on market research.
In the penultimate instalment of the six-part industrial relations series, Noel Dyson investigates the value of counselling.
WHAT value counselling in the industrial relations sphere?
PERTH’S eyewear industry players are keeping a close watch on the outcome of a widely anticipated plan by Italian giant Luxottica to take over OPSM, with some preparing for an industry shake-up if the sale goes through.
JUST because you build a better mouse-trap doesn’t mean customers and investors will start beating a path to your door. Companies need to make sure there is a need for their product and a niche for it in the market.
AN attraction to the law might have led Mallesons Stephen Jaques partner Rob Lilburne into the profession but the pressure cooker of the Robe River Iron Ore dispute in the 1980s cemented his place in the industrial relations field.
AS the list of recalled products from Pan Pharmaceuticals keeps growing, lawyers get restless and shop turnovers fall, Western Australian retailers say they are hurting now and ex
