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News in brief, November 17, 2004

Telco to appeal restraint ruling; Wesfarmers decision expected December 15; and Visy seeking s127 orders and s166A certificate against AMWU.

Wages up 3.4% annually; labour shortage not biting yet

Emerging labour shortages are still not showing signs of driving up wage settlements, with the latest ABS data showing pay rates excluding bonuses increased by 3.4% in trend terms in the year to September and just 0.8% in the quarter.


Victorian news update, November 17, 2004

Workplace excellence award recognises Alcoa's leadership forum; VCAT grants EO exemption for cultural and welfare reasons; and VTHC calls for review of fine following death of Amcor worker.

Some HR directors topping $1m mark

About half a dozen top HR directors are on packages of a million dollars or more, HR recruiter Chris Le Coic told a conference yesterday


Small business firings unfair: NSW IRC

With the Howard Government about to reintroduce its small business unfair dismissal exemption bill, the NSW IRC has just found one small business unfairly sacked a woman because she was pregnant, and another unfairly sacked an employee for supporting her colleagues when they sought compensation for award breaches.

CPSU and DEWR battle over LK proposal - again

The CPSU and the DEWR are embroiled in the same battle that dominated their last bargaining round - the department's bid to introduce a s170LK agreement.

Unions to push on IR policy at Victorian ALP conference

Victorian unions will use this weekend's ALP State Conference to push for the Federal Labor caucus to maintain the IR policy taken into the October 9 election and for the Bracks Government to act to protect workers before the Howard Government takes control of the Senate next year.