Boost productivity to overcome ageing workforce, says US central bank head; Work and family paper recommends new notification procedures for maternity leave; and Beware the Greens' IR policies, Andrews warns.
A Tasmanian man's bid for paid maternity leave has been dismissed by the State's Anti-Discrimination Tribunal on the basis that he wasn't physiologically affected by the birth of his child.
A council worker who referred to a co-worker as a "nigger" over a UHF radio was unfairly dismissed because his employer failed to adequately warn him about his misconduct, the AIRC has found.
The Victorian Court of Appeal has sent former AMWU leader Craig Johnston to jail for nine months and emphasised that his criminal conduct during raids on employers' premises couldn't be excused because they were allegedly committed "in the course of a genuine industrial dispute".
PM John Howard has opened the campaign for the October 9 federal election with a claim that a Latham Labor Government would "hand back control" of IR to unions.
Work and family test case hearings delayed until September 1; High Court to consider granting special leave to appeal landmark Solution 6 unfair contracts ruling; Clarification of Adecco article; Lawler meant to refer to unfair dismissal jurisdiction; Redundancy payment implied term of contract, says WA IRC; and Former Crow falters at kick-off with long service leave claim.
Suncorp has boosted the guaranteed pay increase and reinstated the AIRC's power to arbitrate disputes in its s170LK agreement offer, following an FSU push to improve the deal.
IR institutions and labour law need to be reshaped to provide fairness, stability and justice for the workplace of the digital age, according to a US law professor who will be the keynote speaker at a national labour law conference next month.
Major contract call centre companies TeleTech, Salmat and SalesForce Australia are before a full bench of the AIRC this week opposing a union bid to rope them into the federal contract call centre award.
Some 4,000 Government bus drivers in NSW have won a 1.5% work value increase as part of a 13.5% pay boost over three years, plus new provisions to help them manage their work and family needs.
