In a pacesetting deal for local government, some 134 employees of Alice Springs Town Council have won 14 weeks paid maternity leave under the terms of a new agreement struck with the ASU and the LHMU.
The FSU will meet with the Bank of Queensland in early February to continue discussions on a proposed new agreement to cover around 400 network and clerical employees, with pay increases of 5.5% a year and a "reasonable span of hours" set to be key union demands.
NSW teachers postpone industrial action, but Victorians to go ahead; and 500 workers threaten further industrial action after stopwork at Queensland cannery.
Australian Industrial Registry employees can now take a week's parental leave from their personal leave, in addition to their longstanding entitlement to 12 weeks paid maternity leave, under a new s170LJ deal certified by the Commission yesterday.
Around 250 female employees of CBA-owned Colonial's funds management and investment arm have had their paid maternity leave provisions doubled by a new agreement.
An attempt by the AWU to impose a $5 weekly training levy on non-union workers covered by a certified agreement has been knocked out by the AIRC as a breach of the Workplace Relations Act's prohibition on bargaining fees.
In a significant decision on reinstatement, two injured production workers found in 2001 to have been unfairly targeted for retrenchment because of their WorkCover status have won their jobs back, plus 18 months compensation.
The three Pilbara unions opposed to the AWU's federal consent award with Rio Tinto will tomorrow continue their bid to maintain the state jurisdiction for the company's iron ore workers, despite a significant setback late last year.
