Pay rises under private sector enterprise agreements have sunk to a 15-month low, in another indication that wages are failing to respond to the tightening labour market.
Patrick Corporation will implement its new enterprise agreement in 12 of its 13 ports next month, after Brisbane container terminal workers today voted it down for a second time.
Star City casino workers in Sydney have voted up a new enterprise agreement - struck after a protracted bargaining process in which a similar deal was voted down - that delivers a 9.25% pay rise over two years plus a range of additional benefits.
The executive of the Victorian Trades Hall Council has this morning unanimously passed a resolution expressing concern over the jailing of former AMWU state secretary, Craig Johnston, and the length of the jail term imposed by the Court of Appeal.
Australia Post and unions have finally reached agreement after months of difficult bargaining negotiations, but the deal isn't over the line yet, as the CEPU's Victorian post and telecommunications branch is pushing for a no vote.
While the High Court's Electrolux ruling was today behind another adjournment of an application to certify an agreement, a union barrister nonetheless maintains the obstacles the decision presents to bargaining and agreement making will be "pretty simply" overcome.
In an important win for the FSU in its long-running battle with the ANZ, a full bench of the AIRC has made it clear that employers cannot place limits on unions' right of entry beyond those that already exist under the Workplace Relations Act.
A company and its male director found liable for the sexual harassment of a female worker have been ordered to pay her $25,000 compensation, including $5,000 in aggravated damages for the "indifference" it showed in failing to respond to HREOC correspondence and appear in the case.
The AIRC has certified the enterprise agreement for the Franklins supermarket chain, after the SDA and the company agreed to remove matters that didn't pertain to the employment relationship.
