Victorian employees will be expected to turn up for work on Monday, April 26, after unions failed yesterday to win a substitute public holiday for Anzac Day.
8.5% rise for Queensland judges and tribunal members unfair to ordinary workers, says QCU; Howard Government funds new childcare places on the fringes; One in three older workers would stay in employment if offered phased retirement, says US report; Submissions close April 14 for WA IR review; and 3% a year under Skywest deal.
Labor adopted a platform in January that committed it to legislating to give mothers the right to request a return to work part-time, but Shadow Workplace Relations Minister Craig Emerson has revealed today that a Latham Government would not make specific laws to provide the new right.
Former Ansett employees will have received the equivalent of 83c in the dollar for entitlements once the sell-off of the failed airline's assets is complete, down from an estimate late last year of 85c in the dollar, according to the fourth report by administrator KordaMentha.
Review recommends new entry rights in Victoria; Women's unit axed in NSW Mini-Budget; Tasmanian public servants accept 14.75% increase; Catholic university maternity provision boosts debate on paid maternity leave, says report; and Watchirs appointed ACT Discrimination Commissioner.
In a ruling of national importance to the aged care industry, the Federal Court has today fined an aged care facility $3,200 for breaching freedom of association laws and made it clear nursing homes and hostels can't lawfully insist that unqualified care workers administer medications to clients.
The NSWNA has slammed a report on Australia's residential aged care workforce as unreliable, while the HSUA has given it qualified praise for recognising the chronic staff shortages in the sector.
In a blow to the NSW Labor Council's Secure Employment Test Case, State IR Minister John Della Bosca will oppose the NSW IRC amending all State awards to limit the use of casuals, labour hire employees and contractors.
The AWU, CEPU and AMWU are seeking an urgent Federal Court hearing for an injunction against the lockout of 300 construction workers on Esso's Bass Strait oil and gas rigs.
The ACTU says the Howard Government's plan to legislate away the new rights to severance pay for employees of small businesses is a wrong-headed, kneejerk reaction. (Please note: This is a re-send of an article uploaded last night.)
