Prime Minister John Howard says analysis released today that casts doubt over his claim that real wages have grown by 14% in the past nine years is "fundamentally flawed".
Non-managerial workers have received a real pay increase of just 2.6% over the past six years, which falls well short of the 14% real pay increase since 1996 that PM John Howard repeatedly cites, according to analysis conducted for Unions NSW.
The TWU in NSW is seeking to build a firewall against the Federal Government's proposed IR changes - including the expanded unfair dismissal exemption - by getting transport employers to commit to recognising existing employee and union entitlements regardless of future legislative change.
A pregnant office administrator who was summarily dismissed on the "pretext" of performance issues had an implied right under common law to procedural fairness from her employer, the Federal Magistrates Court has found.
An ABC supervisor showed a "certain lack of robustness" in being affronted by name calling by a CPSU delegate, the AIRC as found. However, the Commission found a "first warning" letter to the delegate was warranted over his inappropriate use of the organisation's internal email system.
Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews today said the Government stood by its position that its IR advertising was validly authorised, ahead of Monday's hearing before a full bench of the High Court in Canberra.