About 80,000 Coles Supermarkets and Bi-Lo employees have won a 10.45% pay rise over three years and up to two years unpaid parental leave under a new enterprise agreement up for certification today, while Coles Myers' liquor group employees have won an 11.8% pay rise over three years under a separate deal.
The Howard Government would continue to allow an independent body to set the minimum wage, but it would prefer that body wasn’t the AIRC, Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews said today.
The NTEU has today condemned the announcement by Federal Education Minister, Brendan Nelson, that he intended to reintroduce IR changes that were rejected by the Senate in 2003.
The Productivity Commission has raised doubts about the wisdom of the Howard Government's unilateral push for a unitary IR system, saying it could remove any scope for "beneficial" competition between federal and state systems.
In a move the CPSU maintains undermines the "selection by merit" principle that underpins public sector appointments, the DEWR has become the first Commonwealth department to make AWAs a condition of engagement for new employees.
A worker who assaulted a co-worker, crashed his car in an unauthorised area and lied in his pre-employment medical had "milked" his employer's tolerance and compassion for his role as a primary carer, the NSW IRC has found in throwing out his unfair dismissal claim.
AIRC full bench reverses Blair Athol reinstatements; Child care directors in the ACT and Victoria get pay rise of up to $120; Federal Court throws out FSU challenge to CBA redundancies; and inflation expectations up sharply, while wage rise expectations subdued.