Wage increases in federally-registered public sector agreements hit a six-year high of 4.8% a year per employee in the March quarter this year, while rises in private sector deals eased to 3.9% a year, according to the DEWR.
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The John Holland Group's announcement yesterday that it would introduce a paid parental leave scheme for its 1,100 salaried staff followed a “staff climate survey” in which employees nominated work/life issues as a priority.
The Queensland IRC has criticised the sharing of information between Woolworths and its self-insurance arm, reinstating a storeperson sacked after his manager was emailed his medical report.
In a significant development in Victoria's protracted electricity bargaining battle, the AIRC has suspended for six weeks the unions' bargaining periods with three of the companies at the centre of the dispute.
In an important decision for WA, the Industrial Appeal Court has ruled that the State IRC was wrong to limit to six months remuneration the payout awarded to a manager who was sacked without reasonable notice.
A full bench of the NSW IRC is this week continuing to hear the NSW Nurses Association's special case claim for increased wages and conditions for more than 20,000 aged care nurses across the State.
A group of 10 women aged between 35 and 62 have had an age discrimination claim against Virgin Blue thrown out by the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal.
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ACTU secretary Greg Combet will seek support from affiliates to push combined employer and employee superannuation contributions up to 15% through enterprise bargaining, to ensure workers have decent retirement incomes.