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BCA and ACTU address ageing workforce

The ACTU and the Business Council of Australia have jointly called for a new effort to keep older people in the workforce.

Nurse "not a true casual" finds Commission

The SA IRC has awarded an agency nurse almost $5,700 in entitlements after finding that she was employed on a continuous contract rather than on a strictly casual basis.


News in brief, April 22, 2003

Woodside job cuts to save $45m a year; Decision a boost for labour suppliers with good OHS; NSW IRC rejects union registration appeal; Reports released on transgender, family responsibilities and breastfeeding discrimination; and US women win compensation after harassment in employment-related medical checks.

Adecco takes first journey down non-union path

Major labour-hire company, Adecco, has put its first non-union offer on the table in response to a 53-day strike by workers in the Victorian electrical contracting sector over the 36-hour week.

News in brief, April 17, 2003

EOWA employees win $750 fitness allowance; Correction to article on AIRC women members; and new digests on workplace relations legislation.

AIRC exhibition looks back on 30 years of female members

A new exhibition held by the AIRC to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the first woman joining the tribunal shows up that the Hawke-Keating Government was the biggest contributor to gender equity on the Commission bench.

News in brief, April 16, 2003

AIRC rebuffs pay backdating attempt; and MBA fails to win part-time work provisions in construction award.