Most people who are dissatisfied with their working hours soon find a happier arrangement but over-employment remains persistent for more than 8% of Australian workers, according to unpublished findings from the latest phase of the HILDA survey.
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited will today seek individual orders from the Federal Court against more than 300 maintenance workers to force them to end a strike that started on Tuesday at its Altona manufacturing facility. However, it says the stoppage and a picket line is yet to affect production.
Employers in WA whose trading corporation status is unclear face the prospect of having dismissed employees reinstated on an interim basis, following a ruling today by the State's IRC.
Qantas and the AMWU and AWU have struck an in-principle enterprise deal that allows the airline to schedule RDOs more flexibly at its Sydney and Melbourne maintenance facilities.
ALP slams community legal centres funding cuts; ACTU says Telstra cutting contractor rates; Companies encouraging "walking class heroes"; New providers for EAP; and Correction to charter of employment rights story.
The AIRC has upheld the dismissal of a male Foxtel call centre team leader who sent what was intended to be a humorous reply to another male team leader's sexual fantasy email about a female employee.
The Australian Institute of Employment Rights this week is beginning wide-ranging public consultations on its plan to develop a Charter of Employment Rights to underpin alternatives to the Work Choices laws.
The Federal ALP sought to reassure business representatives about its IR policies at a two-day business forum starting in Sydney today, promising to set up a Council of Business Advisers to formalise consultations if it wins next year's election.
Australia's deregulated labour market has allowed employers to pay more to in-demand skilled workers without causing a wages breakout, Prime Minister John Howard said this morning in a speech in which he attacked Labor's stance on 457 visas and called for a new emphasis on training people already in the workforce.
