Some 10,000 employees of Insurance Australia Group have won six weeks paid maternity leave and two weeks paid paternity leave under a new enterprise agreement that brings common conditions to the organisation after a series of takeovers.
The CPSU has reminded employers that a watertight policy on internet and email use is the most important part of managing electronic communications, after the Family Court disciplined several workers for viewing pornography at work.
Giving employees more control over their work schedule or imposing a weekly limit on hours are not effective ways of managing extended hours, according to new research.
No costs against WR Minister; WA IRC stays first enterprise order; Record productivity on the docks; University strike on Thursday; and Correction to CPSU election article.
Journalists employed by Australian Consolidated Press have won a 9.25% pay rise over three years, after the AIRC today certified a new agreement. In approving the deal, the Commission also clarified the application of the recent full bench ruling in White's Discounts.
The WA Government has sought an order from the AIRC banning the education union from taking industrial action this term, after talks for a new teachers' deal broke down last week over issues including a 30% pay claim.
ABS industrial disputes data goes quarterly; Coles Myer deal certified after FOA undertakings; LHMU hopes ACT cleaning code to become national minimum standard; and Incumbent team faces challenge in CPSU election.
The turmoil over the construction of Australia Post's mail screening centre at Tullamarine isn't over yet, with major construction company McConnell Dowell entering the contest for the tender armed with a proposed s170LK agreement.