Optus employees have voted up a new s170LK agreement that significantly boosts paid parental leave, despite some CEPU state branches campaigning against the deal.
In two NSW IRC rulings at the intersection of the employment law and sporting arenas, the tribunal has found a football coach's contract became unfair when his club dismissed him for fighting, while a full bench has allowed a long-serving ground announcer to proceed with his unfair dismissal claim.
Victoria's public sector union is pushing to link its members' pay movements to those of State politicians, reduce hours to 35 a week and boost annual leave to six weeks, in its bargaining claim for 25,000 workers in the Victorian Public Service.
Women aged between 25 and 34 are the most under-utilised players in the labour market and are central to combating the effects of an ageing workforce, according to a new study.
Low-paid workers will be entitled to dollar-for-dollar payments up to a limit of $1,000 if they make voluntary contributions to superannuation, following a deal between the Democrats and the Howard Government.
Geelong Wool Combing, which has locked out almost 100 employees from its Corio site for the past five months, has made a revised application to terminate its expired 2001 agreement with the TCFU, after the AIRC refused to do so on Friday.
The Master Builders Association has called for more far-reaching changes to some areas of bargaining than those recommended by the Cole Royal Commission into the construction industry.
The Federal Government this week came a step closer to accepting the referral of the hundreds of thousands of Victorian workers still covered by just five minimum conditions, with Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott sending his Victorian counterpart Rob Hulls draft legislation dealing with the matter.
The Federal Government will within a week have ready an exposure draft of the legislation it plans to introduce in response to the Cole Royal Commission into the building and construction industry, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott said today.
AFL-CIO urges Bush Administration to make US-Australia free trade agreement contingent on meeting core labour standards; New cross-industry union in the US; ACCI urges reduction in AIRC role by introducing voluntary mediation; and work and family case being conciliated today.
