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Nominations open for Combet's replacement

Greg Combet's replacement as ACTU secretary could be known by next Wednesday after the ACTU's executive today opened nominations for the job.


1.1 million employees left out in cold by fairness test income cap, says ACTU

The ACTU's submission to the Senate inquiry into the fairness test legislation says the bill merely tinkers at the edges of fundamentally flawed regulation, but proposes significant changes, including widening the benchmark for the test and scrapping the $75,000 income cap and the Workplace Authority's capacity to take into account workers' personal circumstances.

AiG seeks changes to fairness test's income cap

The Australian Industry Group supports the Howard Government's fairness test legislation, but wants to change the formula for setting the $75,000 a year income cap and to ensure the test doesn't become a "device" to extend protected award conditions to award-free workers.

News in brief, June 5, 2007

NSW legislates to guarantee special APEC public holiday entitlements; AIRC upholds summary dismissal for harassment; Qantas catering worker fails in raft of claims; Nareen Young takes over as head of Diversity Council; and SBS program focuses on Work Choices.

ILO to again examine Australia’s IR laws

The ILO will on Thursday examine whether Australia's IR laws comply with international labour standards – a development Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey today sought to portray as the result of the ACTU "acting against Australia's interest internationally".

Man rostered off because of accent wins damages

A Sri Lankan-born correctional services officer whose supervisor took him off the roster at a jail’s control centre because she said she couldn’t understand him has won a racial discrimination case.