The AIG has today urged a Senate Committee to reject further simplification of awards to remove matters such as long service leave, saying the federal long service standard "should be extended - not abolished".
The LHMU will pursue bargaining fee clauses in areas such as manufacturing where it has strong membership and coverage by State agreements, in the wake of a SA IRC full bench ruling such provisions are lawful.
A five-member SA IRC full bench has today ruled lawful a bargaining fees clause that requires non-members of unions to pay 80% of full union membership dues, but has played down the wider significance of the ruling.
Just Group employees get $1,000 in free shares when company floats; Victorian Government defends decision to refuse pay rise for judges; ACOSS calls for tax system to be restructured; Labor spurns ACCI push to retain AWAs; Woolworths shuts out meat union; and ACTU conference to help unions' federal election strategy.
Religious schools and businesses employing fewer than six workers would no longer be exempt from NSW's anti-discrimination laws, under a private member's bill before the State's Parliament.
Fear of risking career advancement and the association of work-family policies with women are two of the reasons employees who have access to family-friendly provision at work don't always use them, research shows.
A man whose application to join the NSW Police Service was rejected because he has impaired vision in one eye has won $10,000 damages plus the right to have his application reconsidered.
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.
