New award to address manufacturing skill shortages; Worker accused of joining picket wins stress claim; AMWU begins coal camps campaign; Coal battles now on DVD; Hawke to launch Ray Gietzelt memoirs; and Centrelink to cut 175 jobs in Victoria.
ETU members at two major depots of Queensland power distributor Energex have walked off the job for 24 hours, as negotiations for a new deal with the trouble-plagued power companies continues.
Virgin Blue's fast-growing outsourced baggage and check-in provider at some ports, Aero-Care, has struck a new non-union agreement to provide additional classifications for supervisors.
Bonuses that are not legally enforceable don't count as income for the purpose of the remuneration cap for unfair dismissal claims, an AIRC full bench has ruled.
Labor IR policy needs radical modernisation, says Latham; Australians working 200 hours a year longer than OECD average, says new paper; and Extra paid maternity leave under Philip Morris deal.
AIRC certifies Patrick deals; CFMEU internal struggle heads for court; Goward calls for Howard Government to sign; AMWU Victorian state council wants Addison suspended.
In an important case on joint employment, a full bench of the WA IRC will next month determine whether an engine driver employed on an AWA by a labour hire company is also a BHPB Iron Ore employee.
Wollongong University looks set to become the first university to sign up to the NTEU's new long-life agreement strategy, which is aimed at cushioning the impact of the Coalition's Senate majority.