Victoria's top court has overturned the Schou discrimination ruling and its record $161,000 damages payout, in an important decision on whether it is reasonable to require employees with family responsibilities to attend work.
The AIRC's national wage full bench today raised "serious doubts" about the reliability of evidence from Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews on the employment effects of minimum wage increases, in its decision to raise all award rates of pay by $19 a week.
The AIRC's national wage case full bench has today awarded a $19-a-week increase to all apply to all award rates. The increase is a new record, exceeding the $18 awarded in 2002.
Victorian nurses today voted to lift work bans and accept an agreement recommended by health unions that provides 3% annual base pay increases and maintains existing nurse-to-patient ratios.
HR managers risk being outsourced while they maintain spending priorities that are completely out of step with those of their CEOs and CFOs and waste their time performing tasks such as 360 degree feedback, international HR expert Dr John Sullivan told a conference in Sydney today.
In an important interlocutory unfair contracts ruling, the NSW IRC (in Court Session) has stayed changes made to address the unfair notice provisions of a construction worker's enterprise agreement.
In a move sure to be closely monitored by other states, WA's Gallop Government has promised to cap working hours at 56 a week, put limits on successive long shifts and strengthen regulation of rest breaks.
Living Wage decision on Wednesday; Victorian nurses to consider peace deal that provides 3% a year and maintains nurse:patient ratios; ALAEA seeks rule change for Forstaff and starts campaign against Jetstar plan; Applications close Thursday for Building Taskforce director's job; HR recruiter goes international; Big rise in HR jobs advertised on internet; and correction to article about OMV Patricia Baleen project.
The private superannuation industry has today begun a push to stop the transition to common rule awards in Victoria from shifting super contributions to industry funds.
The AMWU, AWU and ETU have each been fined $100,000 and been put on four-year good behaviour bonds for breaching the s45D secondary boycotts provisions of the Trade Practices Act when they picketed at the Patricia Baleen gas processing plant in East Gippland, Victoria, in 2002.
