IR system needs rethink to accommodate work and family, says Latham; $10 would be a real after-tax cut in the safety net, says Opposition; HR directors pocketing $200,000 to $400,000, plus incentives, says Humanagement; Worker compensated for psychiatric condition resulting from reasonable selection process; Older worker inquiry due to report to PM mid-year; and Warning on addressing the AIRC with hands in pockets.
Employers might face backpay claims after Queensland clerical award ruling; Queensland IRC bench to consider employer's bid for enterprise award based on enterprise agreement; and BHP Coal justified in standing down employees who refused to work after being identified as at high risk of injury.
In another example of NSW's unfair contracts law being used to resolve commercial disputes, the NSW Supreme Court has ordered Mitsubishi in Australia to pay the former managing director and minority shareholder in the Thrifty car rental company $1.046 million.
A new non-union deal between major insurance company Allianz Australia and its 2900 employees increases paid parental leave to six weeks and continues a self-managed work arrangement that gives employees an additional 12 days off a year in lieu of overtime.
Maintenance workers at SPC Ardmona's fruit processing and canning plant in Shepparton, Victoria, have won eight extra RDOs a year following a six-day strike in peak harvest time that coincided with a walk-off by the company's 800-plus production workforce.
Some 45% of Australian workers admit to faking sickies, largely to look after dependents due to both partners working increasing hours in the workplace, a survey by a recruitment company has found.
More than 6,500 employees of the Australian National University in Canberra have won 20 weeks paid maternity leave and further paid time off if they return to work at the end of their paid leave.
ACCI, the AIG and the Federal Government have today announced they are supporting a $10 increase in the federal award safety net in response to the ACTU's $26.60 Living Wage claim for 2004.
The Federal Court has ordered Airservices Australia to reimburse the cost of income protection insurance to air traffic controllers, even though it provides its own insurance policy for the benefit of employees.
