More than a third of working mothers with leave entitlements use paid maternity leave, while more than one in five pregnant workers experience inappropriate comments or miss out on training or promotion opportunities, according to new ABS data released today.
The ABCC claims evidence of both cultural and conduct change is emerging in the building and construction industry, but has expressed disappointment with the attitude of unions and said some contractor companies also seemed reluctant to accept that new industry practices were required.
The ACTU will kick off its triennial congress meeting next week with the launch of a one-stop union-joining service to capitalise on its multi-million dollar television campaign against the Work Choices laws.
Work Choices will place additional demands on AIRC members and increase full bench cases in the short term, but it is still too early to say what the overall impact the new IR laws will have on the Commission's case-load, according to the tribunal's president, Justice Geoffrey Guidice.
Star City casino workers have voted up a new three-year agreement that guarantees an 11% pay increase and introduces a bonus system that provides $1,250 more if customer satisfaction targets are met.
OWS prosecutes hotels for duress over AWAs and underpayment; 65,000 new entrants needed to stop skills shortage in restaurants, says RCA; and Work safety award winners.
The ACTU has described as "disturbing" new data from the OEA showing that nearly 600 14-year-olds have signed AWAs over a 10 month period, while separate OEA statistics reveal that a total of 129,678 AWAs have been lodged under Work Choices and employer greenfields agreements have climbed to 218.
A wage claim of more than 10% over three years is the main sticking point in negotiations between BP and AMWU and CEPU members at the company’s Kwinana refinery in WA, where workers yesterday voted up a ballot for industrial action.
