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News in brief, November 21, 2003

Ginnane and Bromberg take silk; Ministers council to consider national long service leave standards; $156,000 fine for ANZ over bank security failures; No irregularities in WA CEPU elections.

Employer guilty of contempt

A NSW IRC (in Court Session) full bench majority has today found the Uniting Church Property Trust guilty of two charges of contempt of the Commission over demands and threats it made to two employees who had made s106 unfair contract applications.


Successful HR managers need financial skills

The days of "touchy feely" HR are long gone and major employers are looking for HR practitioners with hard financial skills and business knowledge, according to a leading specialist HR recruiter.

News in brief, November 19, 2003

NSW secure employment test case to be heard in May next year; Survey suggests wage pressure building; and MUA launches book on its former in-house film-making unit.

Union fails in bid to protect outsourced workers

The CPSU's Victorian branch is considering running a transmission of business case in the Federal Court to protect a group of outsourced workers employed under AWAs, after an AIRC full bench today threw out its bid to clarify their benchmark award.

Nurses focus on rostering in new bargaining campaign

The Victorian branch of the ANF has today launched a campaign against a Government plan to replace current nurse-patient ratios with a computerised rostering program that the union says will increase workloads and drive nurses away from the public health system.

Driver only operations last obstacle for Pacific National

Pacific National is waiting for unions to respond to a proposal on driver-only arrangements for its NSW train drivers, which it says is the only issue standing in the way of an in-principle deal for more than 3,000 rail workers.

Partnership contract unfair, rules NSW IRC

In a s106 ruling in a partnership case, the NSW IRC has ordered the owner of a recycling yard to pay his former business partner more than $315,000 after finding that the contract between the two was unfair.

Woodlawn mineworkers to receive entitlements

Some 175 former Woodlawn mineworkers look certain to receive $5m in outstanding entitlements, after the NSW Opposition vowed to support special legislation introduced today by the Carr Government to overcome a court decision that stymied the payout.