Inflation rises to 3.4% a year; News Ltd schooner drinkers appeal starts today; and WA public sector watchdog says managers who don't act on bullying, sexism should be disciplined.
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.
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.
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.
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.