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.
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.
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".
The ASU's crucial work value/pay equity case for Victorian local government childcare workers that began in the AIRC this week could be resolved by conciliation.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott has asked the High Court to overturn last year's decision by a full bench of the AIRC to increase redundancy payments far above the test case standard in two public service awards.
The AMWU will tomorrow have to defend itself against another bid by the AiG to suspend or terminate a Campaign 2003 bargaining period - this time on the grounds that industrial action at an auto components plant is threatening to cause significant economic damage.
