SA school holiday hiatus in teachers' industrial action; Redundancy unfair despite "rigorous and inclusive" assessment; Nestle agrees to higher redundancy for rural workers.
As the Federal Government prepares to run-full page newspaper ads from tomorrow to counter the negative public reaction to its IR platform, unions and the Coalition continue to seize on the on-going battle in Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews' own department to support their case against the reforms.
Weekend penalties and shift allowances are to be restored for up to 45,000 NSW local government employees, after Councils and unions agreed to end a failed experiment in flexible working hours.
The NSW Supreme Court has found two major Australian companies liable for misconduct by one of their former security managers, even though his behaviour breached company policies and he was terminated when the misconduct was discovered.
The ALP should reaffirm its bonds with the Australian union movement in its "hour of greatest need", according to former Opposition IR Minister, Dr Craig Emerson.
The NTEU has accused the Federal Government of making its funding-linked higher education IR requirements so unclear that negotiations aimed at complying with them are being frustrated by uncertainty.
PM says IR ad campaign on way; Bronchitis sufferer to appeal discrimination decision; AWAs up 36% last year: OEA; Qld recovers record $10 million in unpaid wages; WA reviews annual leave cash-in.
Employer groups are pressing the Federal Government to urgently pass parts of its IR legislation blocked by the former Senate, even before the release of its new second wave reforms.
ASU wins 13.5% wage rise at Adelaide Bank; AWA advisor launches TV campaign; Union membership on rise: Combet; ACCI rejects ACTU's minimum wages claim; AIRC seeks feedback on new website.
The Federal Court today relied on a comprehensive no extra claims clause to ban industrial action, even though it was in pursuit of claims outside the scope of an EBA.
