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An allowance paid to an employee for using his own car for business purposes does not count as remuneration, a full bench of the NSW IRC has ruled.

A seasonal casual has been allowed to proceed with his unfair dismissal claim after the IRC found his employment regular and systematic.

The IRC has set down a five-point checklist for determining whether a probation period exceeding three months is reasonable.

The ACTU claims a genuine US-style working poor is emerging in Australia, with child poverty increasing fastest in working families - rather than those dependent on social security for most of their income - and 20% of the adult workforce earning less than $12 an hour.

Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith has released plans to overcome the restrictions imposed on outsourcing by a string of recent Federal Court decisions on transmission of business.

A senior member of the IRC had directed a broadside at the Federal Government over under-resourcing of the Commission, saying the Government believed the body should "wither on the vine".

Employers who push for non-union agreements and AWAs against the wishes of their employees could be contravening the WR Act's objectives of promoting freedom of association and fair and effective agreement-making, following an important IRC decision.

The IRC has this morning begun hearing the Ai Group's application to suspend Campaign 2000 bargaining periods.

In the first such hardline move by an employer involved in Campaign 2000, Brownbuilt has locked out its 60 production employees at its Oakleigh South factory in Melbourne for six months.

Queensland's 60,000 health workers should know mid-week the fate of the enterprise agreement struck between their unions and the State's health department, with the ballot on the deal closing today.