The AWU will today be seeking support from Bluescope Steel shareholders to change the constitution of the company to cap directors' and executives' salaries at 20 times average earnings.
Qantas intends to train a further 190 international flight attendants on short-term contracts, on top of 300 that are undergoing training or already on the job, the FAAA told the AIRC today before it directed Qantas to confer with the union, which claims the airline is training a replacement workforce.
The NSW Court of Appeal has clarified the extent of connection to work required to allow commercial unfair contract cases to be heard by the State IRC.
In an important decision on pregnancy and family responsibility discrimination, the Federal Magistrates Court has found that Qantas discriminated against a senior flight attendant when it refused her access to her accrued sick leave because she was pregnant, not sick.
The ACTU has called a special executive meeting for Monday and the ETU in Victoria has announced it wants to reopen 1,200 existing deals with contractors, as unions around Australia prepare for the likelihood of a re-elected Howard Government unfettered by the Senate.
With the Howard Government on the brink of controlling the Senate during its fourth term, unions face, at the very least, the prospect of the Government passing the raft of legislation blocked by the Democrats during the past eight years. But labour market deregulation has long been a Howard obsession and there will be a strong temptation to use the Government's unfettered domination of both houses to change the IR landscape.
A leading stockbroking firm faces substantial damages after the Federal Court found it made misleading and deceptive representations to an analyst that encouraged him to leave a job with another broking firm.
