New Zealand is about to repeal the 1991 Employment Contracts Act (ECA), the radical legislation centering on common law employment contracts that stripped away the country's IR regulation and became one of the significant models for deregulation in Australia.
A new analysis of data from 400 major US and Canadian-based public companies has found that 360-degree-feedback and training and sharing profits with employees can lead to a significant decrease in returns to shareholders.
Employers who unduly pressure employees or prospective employees to sign Australian Workplace Agreements could be exposed to duress claims, following a ruling by a full bench of the Federal Court that substantially widens the definition of duress.
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.
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.
Australian and international unions have launched a global campaign to encourage institutional investors to install more independent directors on the Rio Tinto board.
