Employment Advocate Jonathan Hamberger and DEWR deputy secretary John Lloyd have today been appointed to the AIRC as senior deputy presidents, while Australian Business Limited's Anna McPhee is the new head of the equal opportunity agency.
There have been some significant internal developments within the AMWU, with the national council taking more steps to keep Craig Johnston out, national secretary Doug Cameron getting a $360,000 union loan to help buy his safe house, a national conference looming - and a wedding for Victorian branch secretary, Dave Oliver.
The PC is to deliver a report by late March next year on the productivity and labour supply implications of the ageing workforce, while the Federal Government has rejected the key recommendations of its report on OHS and workers compensation.
Victorian power distributor TXU was this morning seeking a s166A certificate over the mass sickie - caused by "24-hour ETU flu" according to the company and "lineitis" according to the union - staged by its maintenance workforce yesterday.
Teachers and support staff at the private Knox School in Melbourne's outer east have won a 14% pay rise over three years - well above the 12% over four years won recently by teachers in Victorian government schools.
South Australian bus drivers involved in a protracted bargaining dispute with a contractor to the State Government have won an 8% pay rise, increased minimum daily hours and free black shoes under an award arbitrated by the AIRC.
A Federal Court full bench has offered the company involved in a long-running unfair dismissal case by an unrepresented employee the chance to end the litigation for $13,000.
In a crucial decision, an AIRC full bench has found today that the landmark Cetin decision is no longer relevant and that regular and systematic casuals employed for less than a year can't claim unfair dismissal, unless there is a discrimination element to their case.