The ANF and HACSU are concerned that the Tasmanian Government's offer to the State's nurses and ambulance only deals with wages, whilst the State's police union has labelled it a "good deal".
A provider of services to intellectually disabled clients has been given permission to selectively discriminate against short, young women, while other employers have won exemptions to allow them to discriminate in favour of men and indigenous people.
Australia's "powerful and robust" economy could afford a $26.60 a week increase in award wages without reducing employment, the ACTU told the opening day of hearings into its 2004 Living Wage claim.
HREOC grants exemption to boost male teacher numbers; Federal Court finds former Commonwealth Bank workers were not made redundant; New push for bargaining fees in NSW; and Transmission of business dispute could be outside AIRC's powers.
The AMWU has won an interim order from the AIRC to stop Holden Limited from outsourcing the design and manufacture of disc brakes for the next model of the Monaro coupe.
The Australian Mines and Metals Association has gone on the front foot in the IR policy debate, issuing a plea to "politicians across the board" not to erode flexibilities offered by the current framework.
Psychometric testing is starting to be widely used to screen blue-collar workers in Australia, after proving its effectiveness in the US transport industry, according to psychometric testing company SHL.
The FSU has lost its two-year battle to win severance pay for about 320 former ANZ workers redeployed to a new funds management joint venture the bank set up with ING Australia.
A national review of the operations of the labour hire industry is warranted, according to a new research paper from the Federal Parliamentary Library.
