Queensland electrical employers have claimed that the ETU, in its planned campaign of strikes and work bans, is seeking a 35% pay rise over three years - not just the $2.64-an-hour increase it says makes up its claim.
Government to introduce legislation to protect emergency service workers' jobs; AIRC issues s127 order in Victorian bus dispute; PC to review the Disability Discrimination Act.
No evidence exists that minimum wage workers would benefit from substantial employment growth, according to a new paper the ACTU is drawing on in its 2003 living wage claim.
The President of the AIRC, Justice Geoffrey Guidice, has warned that the Commission could not deliver the same standard of dispute resolution service it did now if Australia's strike rate increased significantly.
The High Court has canvassed the issue of whether employers are responsible for deliberate illegal acts by employees that are outside the scope of their jobs.
Four days have been set aside in the Victorian Magistrates' Court to hear charges against CFMEU (construction division) State secretary, Martin Kingham, over his refusal to hand over information to the Cole Royal Commission.
The Queensland Government and unions have agreed to new rules to govern public sector bargaining, while two State IRC members have been promoted to deputy president.
Groundbreaking new research on absence rates shows workplaces which require medical certificates for sick days preceding or following public holidays and weekends have absence rates substantially lower than average.
In an agreement that sets a new benchmark for family friendly provisions in the shipping industry, P&O has provided its predominantly female administrative workforce with 14 weeks paid maternity leave.
