The BCA has urged the adoption of better work and family policies, in order to stop fertility falling below 1.65 babies per woman and boost Australia's population and workforce.
The AIRC has accepted that three related employers in a coffee shop chain are a common enterprise, and can therefore lodge an application for a single non-union agreement.
Victorian nurses/Government in compulsory conference as beds closed statewide; Double challenge to dismissal settled; and AIRC amends work and family directions.
Don't miss your chance to hear internationally-renowned speaker and consultant on recruitment and HR metrics, Dr John Sullivan, when he speaks in Australia in the first week of May.
With the first changes in 20 years to the federal redundancy safety net due to take effect tomorrow, a full bench of the AIRC has today allowed another fortnight for submissions on key issues employer groups have raised.
A teacher whose solicitor lodged his dismissal claim three days late cannot proceed with the matter because he didn't produce evidence that it had reasonable prospects of success, the WA Industrial Appeal Court has ruled.
A senior Qantas long haul flight attendant is seeking a finding in the Federal Magistrates Court that the airline discriminated against her because of her sex, pregnancy and family responsibilities.
The AIRC's redundancy test case full bench will reconvene today to hear a bid by employers to discount severance pay entitlements for redundant workers who are entitled to the relatively generous pro rata long service entitlements under State laws.
Unions say Victoria is overreacting to a non-existing problem with its plan to introduce new emergency powers legislation to halt strikes threatening essential services and key projects, while the Federal Government has rejected the State's bid to win the power to seek to end bargaining periods.
