Finall call for LG evidence to respond to WASU award variation applications
Wednesday, November 01, 2023
KEY DATES
  • Monday 6, November 2023 Local Government (LG) information and witnesses to be provided to WALGA
  • Friday, 10 November 2023 WALGA to file outlines of evidence and documents in the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC)
Sign up for new Employee Relations training courses
Friday, October 27, 2023
New Training Courses – Register Now!

From 12 December 2023, changes to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) will impose on employers, including Local Governments, a positive duty to prevent sexual harassment and sex-based harassment in the workplace. The Australian Human Rights Commission will also be granted new powers to investigate compliance with this positive duty without necessarily receiving a complaint.
Important Full Bench decision on industrial agreement registration process
Wednesday, October 04, 2023
As reported in our ER Alerts on 26 June 2023 and 29 August 2023 some Local Governments have had challenges in registering agreements in the State industrial relations system. These challenges resulted in questions of law being referred to the Full Bench of the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission (Commission) in City of Cockburn v WASU and others 2023 WAIRC 00787 concerning the Industrial Relations Act 1979 (WA) (IR Act).  The Full Bench handed down its decision on 3 October 2023 (Decision). You can find the Decision on the Commission website here.
Upcoming ER training in Kalgoorlie
Friday, September 22, 2023
WALGA Training along with the ER team will be running two courses in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder during October. This is a wonderful opportunity for Local Governments in the region to undertake these specialised and popular courses in a face-to-face environment. 
The WALGA Salary and Workforce Survey is now open
Wednesday, September 06, 2023
You are invited to participate in the annual WALGA Salary and Workforce Survey

The 2023-24 WALGA Salary and Workforce Survey opens today until 10 November 2023.

 
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