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.
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.
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.