Now coastal shipping hits industrial relations squall
JULIA Gillard’s push to have international ships engaged in coastal trade subject to Australian workplace conditions appears to have hit the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) speed bump.
While agreeing to the Seagoing Industry Award 2010 (SIA), the commission has divided permit ships from non-permit ships and delayed implementation of the Fair Work Act 2009 on international ships.
“In response to the minister’s variation to the award modernisation...
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