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Victorian construction unions and a breakaway group of major building contractors are close to finalising a deal that will deliver building workers a 36-hour week and a 15% to 16% pay rise over three years.

A leaked Telstra internal memo from has revealed that in the telco's drive to shed 10,000 jobs, it will give special treatment to employees who have signed individual contracts.

The NSW IRC has fined Drake Personnel Ltd $50,000 after one of its employees was maimed in an accident at Warman International's Sydney factory.

In a landmark ruling, an IRC full bench has reinstated an employee to a higher-level position than he occupied when dismissed.

BHP has shifted ground from its recent contracts-only position and offered Pilbara iron ore workers a five-year collective agreement that mirrors the conditions in its individual contracts.

An ILO committee of experts has confirmed its finding last year that key elements of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 breach ILO conventions.

Australian and international unions have launched a global campaign to encourage institutional investors to install more independent directors on the Rio Tinto board.

Outgoing ACTU president Jennie George has called for new restrictions on regular and "permanent" casual work, just days after Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith pronounced that there is "no casualisation crisis" in Australia .

Wage growth in enterprise agreements has eased again but with the GST on the horizon, wages are probably about to head upwards.

An IRC full bench has confirmed that sacked employees are entitled to claim damages for shock, humiliation and distress under the Workplace Relations Act, but found such compensation will only be available in "extraordinary" cases.