The Democrats have accepted key findings of the Cole Royal Commission, but haven't yet been convinced of the need for industry-specific legislation for the building and construction sector, according to their leader.
Thousands of workers at Coles Myer subsidiary Officeworks will receive pay rises of less than 10% under a new three-year agreement, despite the operation's strong performance.
Granting the ACTU's claim for increased redundancy entitlements would add less than 0.1% to the national wages bill, the union peak body told the AIRC's redundancy test case full bench today.
The HSUA, which is running a major national campaign to organise the aged care industry, has today released a survey revealing that most aged care facilities are critically understaffed.
Treasury boss says labour flexibility is the key to managing ageing workforce impacts; Morris McMahon pursues damages; ACCC takes action against gas site unions; and Abbott Cabinet submission concedes public sector union strategy is winning.
A NSW IRC full bench has cleared the way for an employer body to argue that some clauses in ETU pattern agreements breach the Trade Practices Act, while the ACCC is also understood to be investigating the clauses.
NSW unions will push their trustees on super fund boards to use their influence to cap executive remuneration at $1.2m a year, after they released a university report today showing company performance declines when executive pay exceeds that level.
CPSU national president Matthew Reynolds died suddenly last night of a brain aneurism, just hours after the close of the ballot that saw him re-elected.
