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A new critique of business management blames soaring salaries for captains of industry on a "cult of the CEO" that wrongly assumes they can be the sole author of a company's fortunes.

Court refuses injunction over refusal to employ former AMWU delegates; Government ends Ansett levy; and ANTA goes to Rio.

A 24-hour stoppage across the Victorian metals manufacturing sector in support of the Campaign 2003 claim will proceed tomorrow, after the AIG failed in a last-minute bid in the AIRC today to halt it.

A senior NSW IRC member has upheld the State Attorney-General's Department's sacking of a senior employee for sexual harassment of a new recruit, but criticised it for failing to address a workplace culture that was pre-occupied with sex.

The Federal Court has rejected a company's claim that it should be entitled to hold the patent on an invention made by its sales manager.

IR inspectors intend to scrutinise time and wages records covering 300,000 workers at 27,000 workplaces in NSW during the next three years, after shifting from a passive complaints-based model to active regulation.

Salaries for call centre workers won't rise by much more than the rate of inflation, according to HR consultants specialising in the industry.

Three IR luminaries have been recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday honours list.

Early safety net rise for WA award workers; OEA to move on bargaining fees and takes action against abattoir; New briefing paper on Cole; and WIN TV workers go out.

The Prime Minister, John Howard, is continuing to make positive noises about paid maternity leave, maintaining it is still "very much on the table as far as the government is concerned".