The ALP has revealed that the Australian Industrial Registry, which reports to Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith, has a clause in its enterprise agreement allowing the deal to be re-opened to compensate employees for the effects of the GST on entitlements and conditions.
Unions are certain to push for GST-related compensation in wage claims after the Federal Budget forecast that the GST will cause a mid-year 6.75% inflation spike, taking 2000-2001 financial year inflation to an annual average of 5.75%.
The NSW IRC has fined a demolition company $75,000 over serious injuries sustained by two workers when a building collapsed at the Fox Studios development in Sydney.
In a bid to ease the confusion over use of email and the internet for union activities, the FSU has developed a new standard clause for its enterprise agreements.
The NSW Court of Appeal has upheld a decision to award a lump sum payout to the dependents of a worker who committed suicide after a workplace injury that left him in constant pain.
A teacher who complained to his elite private school about 100-hour working weeks and working up to 34 consecutive days has been temporarily reinstated, after the Federal Court found it was arguable he'd been sacked over his dissatisfaction with working conditions.
Caltex is in the process of shutting down its Kurnell refinery in NSW for the second time in two weeks after being notified by the AWU of more industrial action by operators.
Workers' compensation bills for most Queensland employers will drop from July 1 following the State Government's decision to approve a premium rate cut to 1.75% - the lowest in the country.
