Union officials expect big jump in inflation; Poll looming for MUA leadership; Abbott advisor Calver to join MBA; NSW dismissal changes take effect; New AIRC rule change provides for electronic lodgement, security for costs; NSW Labor Council to reap $4m from asset sale; and Tribunal upholds careworker's sacking for sexual harassment.
Workers at German airline Lufthansa's call centre will work under a new five-level classification system and receive a 25% casual loading, after a full bench ruling today.
The CPSU's leadership, which met with Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott yesterday, says he confirmed the Government intends to push harder for public sector employees to shift to individual contracts and non-union agreements.
Victorian metal industry unions were this afternoon locked in another meeting with the so-called "break-out group" of employers in a bid to get up a Campaign 2003 framework deal, as the March 31 expiry date draws nearer.
Queensland electrical employers have claimed that the ETU, in its planned campaign of strikes and work bans, is seeking a 35% pay rise over three years - not just the $2.64-an-hour increase it says makes up its claim.
Government to introduce legislation to protect emergency service workers' jobs; AIRC issues s127 order in Victorian bus dispute; PC to review the Disability Discrimination Act.
No evidence exists that minimum wage workers would benefit from substantial employment growth, according to a new paper the ACTU is drawing on in its 2003 living wage claim.
