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Green light for Tristar inquiry

The NSW IRC's inquiry into the availability of work at Tristar will proceed to hearings, after it yesterday rejected the company's contention that Work Choices stymied it.

CPSU says OWS non-union agreement faces defeat

The CPSU says the OWS is delaying offering a non-union collective agreement to around 100 of its employees because they would vote against it, as most of them want a union agreement instead.



PC identifies five industries that can close productivity gap with US

Australia's manufacturing productivity growth is likely to continue to lag behind that of the US, while five other industries that are also currently out-performed - retail, wholesale, communications, utilities and finance - have the potential to close their productivity gaps, according to a Productivity Commission staff working paper.


HREOC calls for new family/caring responsibilities legislation

The HREOC has called on the Howard Government to double to 20 days the personal/carers leave in the AFPCS, to reinstate "right to request" provisions and to require the OEA to report annually on AWA wages and conditions, but ACCI has dismissed the carers leave proposal as "an ambit claim not grounded in reality".

Australia going backwards in gender equity: ANU report

Gender equity in Australia - including in the workplace - has been on the decline over the last decade, despite earlier gains that made the country a world leader in women's rights, according to a new academic study.

News in brief March 7, 2007

Unions reject Qantas sale undertakings; OWS wins $12,000 penalty for $2,162 in unpaid wages; and Health has significant impact on men’s wages: Melbourne Institute; and Hockey joins Expenditure Review Committee.

New recruitment website pays "bounty" for workers

In another sign of a tight labour market, a new job website is offering referral payments of up to $10,000 to members of the public who help find employees to fill advertised vacancies.