Annual growth of pay rates excluding bonuses has eased in both the private and public sectors, with ABS data today showing an annual trend increase of 4% in the 12 months to March and 0.9% in the quarter.
Another application for a secret ballot for strike action has failed for practical reasons as the AIRC again recommended its mediation role as an alternative to industrial action.
Craven gives States one in three chance with High Court; Multi-millionaire Macquarie Bank executives get 15% pay increase, as Andrews argues for State tribunals to hold off on pay rises; No breach at Bendigo mine site, says ABCC; New guidance on right of entry under Work Choices; and HSUA seeks name change.
On the eve of the Federal Government introducing its independent contractors legislation, the High Court has held that principals are not vicariously liable for the negligent actions of independent contractors they engage if there is an arms-length relationship between them.
The proportion of male employees entitled to paid paternity leave has doubled in the four years to 2005, according to a new survey of medium to large employers by the Equal Opportunity Agency.
CFMEU mining and energy division members are set to strike or impose work bans at United Collieries' mine in NSW after conducting the first secret ballot for industrial action under Work Choices.
WA-based construction company Hanssen Pty Ltd has confirmed it has will soon have brought in about 70 sponsored Filipino workers, while former State IR minister Graham Kierath is heading to Manila to try to streamline processing arrangements.
Labor to advance skills, establish up to 260 child care centres near schools; Who dunnit? AIRC asks; It's Gleeson, not Wilcox!; AIRC full bench rejects CFMEU rail tunnel s127 appeal; ABCC investigating mineworkers' pay docking allegation; and FAAA-Qantas agreement not discriminatory, says AIRC.
