The economics advisor to former Prime Minister Paul Keating says that structural changes to the economy, particulary the AIRC's reduced ability to pass on wage rises from the strong to the weak, has created a new era of wage stability. He predicts that pay data to be released on Wednesday probably won't show any sign of accelerated growth, despite evidence of labour shortages.
The Howard Government has failed to make a case for IR change and should engage in a genuine process of consultation with unions, ACTU leader Greg Combet said today, ahead of Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews tomorrow putting his IR agenda before Cabinet.
Skills shortages, labour force participation rates and labour productivity must be addressed to remedy emerging constraints on economic growth, according to Reserve Bank Governor Ian Macfarlane.
A new agreement for the troubled Newcastle University contains more stringent requirements for consultation with unions over major change, while it also delivers 26 weeks paid parental leave for the primary caregiver and four weeks paid parental leave for partners.
The MBA wants the Federal Government to soften the Cole legislation's tough anti-pattern bargaining provisions, arguing the key issue is whether parties genuinely agree to the deals struck.
Court rules 20-year employee not entitled to long service; Burrow criticises WA ANF strategy; ACTU living wage case could be the last; and right of entry hearings in Canberra today.
Transport company Nolans Interstate Transport has signed most of its workforce up to AWAs that provide a single rate of pay that rolls in almost all loadings and penalties.
New owner free to put old employees on probation; Unauthorised toilet breaks justify dismissal; Childcare worker's union rep should have stepped-in: Tribunal; and AIRC turns to the dictionary to define “unfair dismissal”.
The NSW IRC has found an employer's misleading conduct made an executive's contract unfair under the State's s106 unfair contract provisions, in the first full bench ruling on unfair conduct since the NSW Court of Appeal's crucial Sydney Water judgment.
The Australian and International Pilots Association has applied to expand its coverage to cover any pilots that Qantas engages through subsidiaries or labour hire companies.
